id:			144285
accession number:	1969.122
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.122
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:22.448000

Composite Lion and Bull, 1500–1000 BCE. Iran. Bronze, cast; overall: 11.4 x 9.7 x 14.8 cm (4 1/2 x 3 13/16 x 5 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1969.122

title:				Composite Lion and Bull
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creation date:			1500–1000 BCE
creation date earliest:		-1500
creation date latest:		-1000
current location:		102A Ancient Near East
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Iran
technique:	bronze, cast
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Near Eastern Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 11.4 x 9.7 x 14.8 cm (4 1/2 x 3 13/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1969
	opening date:   1970-01-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1969</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).

	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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mr. Ben Heller, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -1969
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1969-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Vollenweider, Marie-Louise, Françoise Brüschweiler, and Rolf A. Stucky. <em>Trésors de l'ancien Iran: [exposition] Musée Rath, Genève, 8 juin-25 septembre 1966. </em>[Genève]: [Musée Rath], 1966.
	page number: 	no. 533, front cover
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	Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1969." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 57, no. 1 (1970).
	page number: 	p. 6&44, no. 4
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152307

	Cooney, John D. "A Medley of Bulls." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 58, no. 1 (January 1971): 10-19.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 15, fig. 8
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152357

	Saidenberg Gallery. <em>Beyond Europe: Sculptures from "Other Cultures" from the Collection of Ben Heller, Inc. 1971. </em>
	page number: 	fig. 9
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, Gabriel P. Weisberg, and H. W. Janson. <em>Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture.</em> Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975.
	page number: 	no. 96
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IMAGES

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