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accession number: 1953.628
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Amulet in the Form of a Seated Figure with Bovine Head, c. 4700–2920 BCE. Northeast China, Neolithic period, probably Hongshan culture (4700–2920 BCE). Jade (nephrite); overall: 13.2 cm (5 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Severance A. Millikin 1953.628
title: Amulet in the Form of a Seated Figure with Bovine Head
title in original language: 牛首玉人
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creation date: c. 4700–2920 BCE
creation date earliest: -4710
creation date latest: -2910
current location: 241A Arts of Ancient China
creditline: Gift of Severance A. Millikin
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culture: Northeast China, Neolithic period, probably Hongshan culture (4700–2920 BCE)
technique: jade (nephrite)
department: Chinese Art
collection: China - Neolithic
type: Jade
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measurements: Overall: 13.2 cm (5 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Primitive to Contemporary Sculpture
opening date: 1956-09-06T04:00:00
Primitive to Contemporary Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 6-October 31, 1956).
title: Chinese Jade
opening date: 1962-11-30T05:00:00
Chinese Jade. University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (organizer) (November 30, 1962-February 3, 1963).
title: Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture
opening date: 1975-09-24T04:00:00
Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).
title: Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions
opening date: 1994-10-18T04:00:00
Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1994).
title: Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2009-06-27T04:00:00
Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 27-August 23, 2009).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
John L. Severance [1863-1936], Cleveland, OH
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Severance A. Millikin [1895-1985], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: ?-1953
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1953-
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
"Schamenendarstellungen," Asia Major 1, 1 (1944): p. 62.
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Lee, Sherman E. “More Early Chinese Jades.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 41, no. 10, 1954, pp. 215–217.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 215-217; Reproduced: fig. 1 (line drawing)
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141999
Consten, Eleanor von Erdberg. Das Alte China. Stuttgart: G. Kilpper, 1958.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 78, 244; Reproduced: pl. 43
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Chinese Jade. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania [Museum], 1962.
page number: no. 150
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Salmony, Alfred. Chinese Jade; Through the Wei Dynasty. New York: Ronald Press, 1963.
page number: pp. 218-219, 227, pl. 35:4
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Chêng Tê-K'un. “Some Standing Jade Figurines of the Shang-Chou Period.” Artibus Asiae, vol. 28, no. 1, 1966, pp. 39–52.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 48-49; Reproduced: fig. 10
url: www.jstor.org/stable/3249315
Hansford, S. Howard. Chinese Carved Jades. London: Faber, 1968.
page number: Reproduced: pp. 83-85, pl. 56
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Froncek, Thomas, and Hugh Honour. The Horizon Book of the Arts of China. New York: American Heritage Pub. Co, 1969.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 69
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Erickson, Ernest, Jan Wirgin, and Ulf Abel. The Ernest Erickson collection in Swedish museums. Stockholm: Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, 1989.
page number: pp. 10-11
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Forsyth, Angus. "Five Chinese Jade Figures: Study of the Development of Sculptural Form in Hongshan Neolithic Jade Working." Orientations, 21, 5 (1990).
page number: Reproduced: p. 60, figs. 8-8b
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Wilson, J. Keith, and Anne E. Wardwell. "New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 8 (1994): 270-347.
page number: Reproduced: p. 275; Mentioned: p. 275, 277, 346
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161465
Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 22-w3
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Chung, Anita. "A Connoisseur's Eye, A Scholar's Mind: The Legacy of Sherman Lee." Orientations vol. 40, no. 5 (2009).
page number: Reproduced: p. 29, fig. 2
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Franklin, David and C. Griffith Mann. Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 12-13
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