id:			146236
accession number:	1972.102
share license status:	CC0
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updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:30.124000

Oil Ampulla in the Form of a Dancing Bear, 200s CE. Italy, Roman. Bronze; overall: 14.6 x 10.4 x 9.5 cm (5 3/4 x 4 1/8 x 3 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1972.102

title:				Oil Ampulla in the Form of a Dancing Bear
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creation date:			200s CE
creation date earliest:		200
creation date latest:		300
current location:		103 Roman
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Italy, Roman
technique:	bronze
department:	Greek and Roman Art
collection:	GR - Roman
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 14.6 x 10.4 x 9.5 cm (5 3/4 x 4 1/8 x 3 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1972
	opening date:   1973-02-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1972</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

	title:		Echoes from Olympus: Reflections of Divinity in Small-Scale Classical Art
	opening date:   1974-08-15T04:00:00
	<i>Echoes from Olympus: Reflections of Divinity in Small-Scale Classical Art</i>. University of California, Berkeley. University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA (organizer) (August 15-December 15, 1974).

	title:		A Cleveland Bestiary
	opening date:   1981-10-15T04:00:00
	<i>A Cleveland Bestiary</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 15-December 16, 1981).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Echoes from Olympus: The Minot Arts of Classical Antiquity, </em>University of California Art Museum, Berkeley, CA (Aug. 15 - Dec. 15, 1974).', 'opening_date': '1974-08-15T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Istanbul
	date: c. 1967
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	DeClerq Collection
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	(Mathias Komor, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1972
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1972-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1972." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 60, no. 3 (1973): 63-115.
	page number: 	p. 67
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25093732

	"États-Unis Acquisitions des Musées," <em>Gazette des Beaux-Arts, </em>No. 1249 (Feb. 1973)
	page number: 	p. 105, no. 374
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	Kozloff, Arielle P. "A Bronze Menagerie." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 63, no. 3 (1976): 75-88.
	page number: 	pp. 84-86
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152628

	"Recent Acquisitions of American and Canadian Museums." <em>The Art Quarterly </em>XXXVI no. 1/2 (Spring/Summer 1976).
	page number: 	p. 112 & 121
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 28
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n48

	Kathman, Barbara A. <em>A Cleveland Bestiary</em>. Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 39; Mentioned: p. 39, p. 62
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 14
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n29

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