id:			134788
accession number:	1957.357
share license status:	CC0
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updated:		2025-05-08 11:22:01.063000

Monster Caryatid, late 500s. China, possibly from Xiangtangshan, Northern Qi dynasty (550–577). Limestone; overall: 28 x 40 cm (11 x 15 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift 1957.357

title:				Monster Caryatid
title in original language:	鬼神
series:				
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creation date:			late 500s
creation date earliest:		575
creation date latest:		600
current location:		
creditline:			Anonymous Gift
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culture:	China, possibly from Xiangtangshan, Northern Qi dynasty (550–577)
technique:	Limestone
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Southern Dynasties
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 28 x 40 cm (11 x 15 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture
	opening date:   1975-09-24T04:00:00
	<i>Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).

	title:		Demons, Ghosts, and Goblins in Chinese Art
	opening date:   2024-09-08T04:00:00
	<i>Demons, Ghosts, and Goblins in Chinese Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 8, 2024-January 20, 2025).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>The Arts of China from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH (February 27–April 10, 1983).', 'opening_date': '1983-02-27T05:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	Private Collection, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1957
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1957–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Weisberg, Gabriel P. and H. W. Janson. <em>Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975.
	page number: 	cat. no. 100
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	Watson, William. <em>L'art de l'ancienne Chine</em>. Paris: Mazenod, 1979.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pl. 388, p. 415
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	Xu, Jin. "Monsters on an Imperial Stone Base: Reconstructing Seven Stone Panels from Xiangtangshan." <em>Orientations </em>55, no. 1 (January/February 2024): 12–20.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 12–13, fig. 2
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