id:			147001
accession number:	1972.37
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.37
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:32.757000

Square Urn with Celestial Guardians, 700s. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Marble; overall: 22 x 25 cm (8 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1972.37

title:				Square Urn with Celestial Guardians
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creation date:			700s
creation date earliest:		700
creation date latest:		799
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
technique:	marble
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Tang Dynasty
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 22 x 25 cm (8 11/16 x 9 13/16 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:		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

* {'description': '<em>Korea: Bridge of Culture</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Department of Art History and Education, Cleveland, OH (June 10-August 10, 1980).', 'opening_date': '1980-06-10T04:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	David David-Weill [1871–1952], Paris, France
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	(Sotheby & Co., London, England, February 29, 1972 sale, lot no 11)
	date: February 29, 1972
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	Spink & Son, Ltd., London, England, 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 (March 1973): 63–115.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 65, 115, cat. 318
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25093732

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