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accession number:	1972.44.b
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Cylindrical Container with Cover (Lian), 100 BCE–100 CE. China, Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 220). 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 BC-AD 220)
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

* CMA 1973: "Year in Review 1972," Bull., LX (March 1973), p. 115, cat. #309, repr. p. 95<br>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

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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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wall description:
This magnificent gilded bronze vessel with openwork decoration shows all kinds of fabulous creatures, real and imaginary, chasing each other among swirling scrolls. There is an emphasis on the unbroken rhythms of movement, rather than the ferocity of animals in combat. Cylindrical bronze vessels in this shape, called <em>lian</em>, were often used as cosmetic boxes.
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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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