id:			141704
accession number:	1965.29
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.29
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:13.739000

Belt Hook (Daigou) in the Form of a Buffalo or Elephant Head, c. 481–400 BCE. China, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 BCE), Warring States period (475–221 BCE). Bronze with silver inlay; overall: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund 1965.29

title:				Belt Hook (Daigou) in the Form of a Buffalo or Elephant Head
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creation date:			c. 481–400 BCE
creation date earliest:		-481
creation date latest:		-400
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creditline:			Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund
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culture:	China, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 BCE), Warring States period (475–221 BCE)
technique:	bronze with silver inlay
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Zhou Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Juxtapositions
	opening date:   1965-09-11T04:00:00
	<i>Juxtapositions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).

	title:		Year in Review: 1965
	opening date:   1965-10-27T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1965</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27-November 14, 1965).

	title:		Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions
	opening date:   1994-10-18T04:00:00
	<i>Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1994).

	title:		China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail
	opening date:   2022-12-11T05:00:00
	<i>China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Robert Griffing, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1965
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1965–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 52, no. 9 (November 1965): 124–157.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 77, p. 154
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152069

	Wilson, J. Keith, and Anne E. Wardwell. “New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland’s Recent Chinese Acquisitions.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 81, no. 8 (October 1994): 270–347.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 15, p. 346
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161465

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