id:			145205
accession number:	1970.4.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.4.2
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Head of Ni-o with Open Mouth, 1200s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333). Wood; overall: 76.2 x 37.8 cm (30 x 14 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1970.4.2

title:				Head of Ni-o with Open Mouth
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creation date:			1200s
creation date earliest:		1200
creation date latest:		1299
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creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture:	Japan, Kamakura period (1185–1333)
technique:	wood
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 76.2 x 37.8 cm (30 x 14 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Masterworks of Wood: China and Japan
	opening date:   1976-11-04T05:00:00
	<i>Masterworks of Wood: China and Japan</i>. Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR (organizer) (November 4-December 5, 1976); Asia House Galleries, New York City, NY (January 13-March 27, 1977).

	title:		Reflections of Reality in Japanese Art
	opening date:   1983-03-16T04:00:00
	<i>Reflections of Reality in Japanese Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 16-May 1, 1983).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland Museum of Art, 1971: Year in Review 1970.', 'opening_date': '1970-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Portland Art Museum, 1976: Masterworks in Wood: China and Japan.', 'opening_date': '1976-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Mayuyama and Company, Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1970
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1970–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"New Oriental art galleries at Cleveland." <em>Apollo: A Journal of the Arts. </em>August 1970, Vol. 92, pp. 148–151.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 3 and fig. 5, p. 149
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	Butler, Joseph T. “The American Way with Art.” <em>Connoisseur &lt;London&gt;</em> (September 1970), pp. 54–59.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 57, pl. 4
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	Lanes, Jerrold ed. "Recent Accessions of American and Canadian Museums," <em>The Art Quarterly</em>, vol. 33, no. 4 (Winter 1970).
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 454; Reproduced: p. 455
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	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1970.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 58, no. 2 (February 1971): 22–71.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 71, no. 158; Reproduced: p. 57, no. 158
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	Zenzo Shimizu. "Japanese Sculptures in America and Canada," <em>Ars Buddhica</em> [佛教藝術], no. 126 (Sept. 1979), part I, pp. 67–88.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 15
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