id:			147013
accession number:	1972.44.b
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Cylindrical Container with Cover (Lian), 100 BCE–100 CE. China, Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE). Gilt bronze with openwork and chased designs; diameter: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.); overall: 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1972.44.b

title:				Cylindrical Container with Cover (Lian)
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creation date:			100 BCE–100 CE
creation date earliest:		-100
creation date latest:		100
current location:		241B Arts of Ancient China
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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culture:	China, Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE)
technique:	gilt bronze with openwork and chased designs
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Tang Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.); Overall: 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1973: "Year in Review 1972," Bull., LX (March 1973), p. 115, cat. #309, repr. p. 95', 'opening_date': '1973-03-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Dayton Art Institute, "Chinese Gold and Silver from the T\'ang Dynasty from American Collections," Showings: 11/3/1984-1/6/1985, Dayton; 2/5/1985-4/21/1985, Cooper Hewitt, NY', 'opening_date': '1984-11-03T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Robert H. Ellsworth, Ltd., 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>, vol. 60, no. 3, 1973, pp. 63–115.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 115, no. 309
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25093732

	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. 333
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n353

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