id:			147053
accession number:	1972.76
share license status:	CC0
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updated:		2025-03-20 11:10:55.817000

Mortuary Figures of the Zodiac Signs, 500s. China, Northern Wei dynasty (386-534). Gray earthenware with traces of slip; overall: 22.6 cm (8 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1972.76

title:				Mortuary Figures of the Zodiac Signs
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creation date:			500s
creation date earliest:		500
creation date latest:		599
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creditline:			The Norweb Collection
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culture:	China, Northern Wei dynasty (386-534)
technique:	gray earthenware with traces of slip
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Northern Dynasties
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 22.6 cm (8 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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).

	title:		Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia
	opening date:   1990-07-24T04:00:00
	<i>Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 24-November 25, 1990).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. R. Henry [Emery May Holden] Norweb [1895–1984], Cleveland, OH, given 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

	Wilson, J. Keith. "Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 77, no. 8 (October 1990): 286–323.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 305
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161297

	Delacour, Catherine. <em>La Voie du Tao: Un Autre Chemin de l'Etre: Galeries Nationales, Grand Palais, 29 Mars-5 Juillet, 2010. </em>Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux: Musée Guimet, 2010.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 126–127
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	Chung, Anita. <em>Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: July 27, 2013-January 26, 2014, the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 20–21, fig. 4
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