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accession number:	1972.251.a
share license status:	CC0
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Pitcher (Gong) with Dragon and Bird-Headed Handle, 1700s. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Pale greenish-white jade with brown markings; overall: 25.4 cm (10 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Elizabeth B. Blossom 1972.251.a

title:				Pitcher (Gong) with Dragon and Bird-Headed Handle
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creation date:			1700s
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1799
current location:		240B Chinese Decorative Arts
creditline:			Bequest of Elizabeth B. Blossom
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
technique:	pale greenish-white jade with brown markings
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Qing Dynasty
type:		Jade
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measurements: Overall: 25.4 cm (10 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:		Chinese Jades: The Great Tradition
	opening date:   1977-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>Chinese Jades: The Great Tradition</i>. Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, MI (organizer) (September 10-October 31, 1977).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Dudley S. [Elizabeth Bingham] Blossom [1881-1970], South Euclid, OH, bequest 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: 	Mentioned: pp. 114–115, no. 303
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25093732

	<em>Chinese Jades, the Great Tradition: Exhibition Sponsored Jointly by Michigan Oriental Art Society and Cranbrook Institute of Science at Cranbrook Institute of Science ... Bloomfield Hills, Michigan</em>. Michigan: The Society, 1977.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 20, p. 13
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	Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan [National Palace Museum = 國立故宮博物院]. <em>Hai wai yi zhen, Yuqi</em>. [海外遺珎, 玉噐 = Chinese art in overseas collections, jade.] Zhonghua min guo Taibei Shi Shilin qu: Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan, 1986.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pl. 160
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