id: 147049
accession number: 1972.71
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Plate with a Scene of Revelry, AD 400s. Northwestern India, possibly Tanesara Mahadeva, Gupta period (320-647). Silver with alloy of tin and lead with traces of gilding; diameter: 18.7 cm (7 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1972.71
title: Plate with a Scene of Revelry
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creation date: AD 400s
creation date earliest: 400
creation date latest: 499
current location: 242A Ancient India
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Northwestern India, possibly Tanesara Mahadeva, Gupta period (320-647)
technique: silver with alloy of tin and lead with traces of gilding
department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection: Indian Art
type: Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 18.7 cm (7 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1972
opening date: 1973-02-27T05:00:00
Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).
title: The Ideal Image: The Gupta Sculptural Tradition and Its Influence
opening date: 1978-10-05T04:00:00
The Ideal Image: The Gupta Sculptural Tradition and Its Influence. Asia House Galleries, New York City, NY (organizer) (October 5-December 3, 1978); Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (January 1-February 25, 1979); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (March 24-May 6, 1979).
title: All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection
opening date: 1994-11-23T05:00:00
All That Glitters: Great Silver Vessels in Cleveland's Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 23, 1994-January 8, 1995).
title: Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music
opening date: 1996-09-24T04:00:00
Dance of the Gods: Indian Art Inspired by Music. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 24-December 8, 1996).
title: Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2009-06-27T04:00:00
Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 27-August 23, 2009).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
N. Roerich (per Douglas Barret)
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Dr. Renee Russek, Männedorf, Switzerland, 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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This rare example of a silver plate from the Gupta period in India depicts the celebration of a spring festival. Figures made during this period are characterized by smooth and rounded body contours and short hairstyles with rows of curls. Though crowded, the masterful composition appears harmoniously unified in its two-tiered circular arrangement of figures.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Agrawala, Vasudeva S. Studies in Indian Art. Vol. 1. A history of Indian art from the earliest times up to the third century A.D. Varanasi: Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan, 1965.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 33, pl. CXXII
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Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1972." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 60, no. 3 (1973): 63-115.
page number: Mentioned: no. 315, p. 115; Reproduced: no. 315, p. 92
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25093732
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 291
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n311
Pal, Pratapaditya. The Ideal Image: The Gupta Sculptural Tradition and Its Influence. [New York]: Asia Society in association with J. Weatherhill, 1978.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 111, pp. 64, 65
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Harle, James C. “The Tradition of Gupta Sculpture and Its Influence.” Apollo, CVIII:200 (October 1978), pp. 232-237.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 11
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Gibbons, Donald F., and Katharine C. Ruhl. "The Metallurgical Technique of the Silver "Plate with Figures," Gupta Period." Ars Orientalis 11 (1979): 177-82.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 178, figs. 1a, 1b, and 2; p. 179, fig. 3
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/4629302
Czuma, Stanislaw J. "The Cleveland Museum's Krsna Govardhana and the Early Phnom Da Style of Cambodian Sculpture," Ars Orientalis supplement [Chāchājī; Professor Walter M. Spink Felicitation Volume]. 2000 supplement, pp. 127-135.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p 132, fig. 11
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Christman, Bruce. "Three Gilded Tibetan Vessels." In Gilded Metals: History, Technology and Conservation. Terry Drayman Weisser, ed. London, England: Archetype Publications in association with the American Institute of Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, 2000.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 10.10, p. 178
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Czuma, Stanislaw J. "A Quest for the Best: The Enduring Legacy of Sherman E. Lee," Orientations vol. 40, no. 5.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 36, fig. 2
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