id:			146874
accession number:	1972.282
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.282
updated:		2023-08-23 22:24:15.876000

Carved Brackets, 1600s. South India, probably Madurai. Ivory with traces of pigment; overall: 10.2 cm (4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Edgar A. Hahn 1972.282

title:				Carved Brackets
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creation date:			1600s
creation date earliest:		1600
creation date latest:		1699
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creditline:			Bequest of Edgar A. Hahn
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culture:	South India, probably Madurai
technique:	Ivory with traces of pigment
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art
type:		Ivory
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measurements: Overall: 10.2 cm (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:		Stories From Storage
	opening date:   2021-02-07T05:00:00
	<i>Stories From Storage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Edgar A. Hahn [1882-1970], Cleveland, 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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fun fact:
In India ivory has been used to face wooden furniture for more than two thousand years.

digital description:
Composite creatures with the body of a lion, tusks and trunk of an elephant, and horns of an antelope are standard elements of medieval Indian architecture and furniture. Traces of pigment indicate that these ivory furniture facings were brightly painted.

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