id:			135713
accession number:	1959.253
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1959.253
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:46.452000

Ganesha, 618–907. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Gilt bronze; overall: 9.7 x 7.6 x 6.4 cm (3 13/16 x 3 x 2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy B. Davenport 1959.253

title:				Ganesha
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creation date:			618–907
creation date earliest:		618
creation date latest:		907
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy B. Davenport
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culture:	China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
technique:	gilt bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Tang Dynasty
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 9.7 x 7.6 x 6.4 cm (3 13/16 x 3 x 2 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': "<em>The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty</em>. Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA (January 8-February 17, 1957).", 'opening_date': '1957-01-08T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Master Bronzes Selected from Museums and Collections in America</em>. The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (February 1937).', 'opening_date': '1937-02-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Chinese Art</em>. Mills College, Oakland, CA (October 12-November 25, 1934).', 'opening_date': '1934-10-12T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	A. C. de Frey, Paris, sold to Adolf Kohl, Esq. before 1937
	date: ?-before 1937
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	Adolf Kohl, Esq., Mills College, Oakland, CA, by 1937
	date: by 1937-?
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	Mr. and Mrs. Leroy B. Davenport, Cleveland, OH, after 1937-1959, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art.
	date: after 1937-1959
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1959-present
	date: 1959-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Salmony, Alfred. "Two Representations of the Hindu Pantheon and their Origin." <em>Journal of the Indian Society of Oriental Art</em> Vol. 1, no. 2 (1933), pp. 85-88.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 87
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	<em>Exhibition of Chinese Art, The Art Gallery Mills College, October 12 to November 25, 1934</em>. [Oakland, Calif.]: Mills College, 1934.
	page number: 	Cat. No. 226
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	Chapin, H. B. <em>Journal of the Indian Society of Oriental Art</em> Vol. 3, no. 1 (1935)
	page number: 	p. 51
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	<em>Master Bronzes, Selected from Museums and Collections in America; February, 1937, the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York</em>. [Buffalo, N.Y.]: [Burrow and Co.], 1937.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 34
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	<em>Master Bronzes, Selected from Museums and Collections in America; February, 1937, the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York</em>. [Buffalo, N.Y.]: [Burrow and Co.], 1937.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 34
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	<em>The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty; A Loan Exhibition Organized by the Los Angeles County Museum from Collections in America, the Orient, and Europe, January 8-February 17, 1957</em>. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum, 1957.
	page number: 	Cat. No. 125
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