id:			147057
accession number:	1972.76.12
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.76.12
updated:		2023-08-23 22:25:26.382000

Mortuary Figure of the Zodiac Sign: Boar (Pisces), 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 1972.76.12

title:				Mortuary Figure of the Zodiac Sign: Boar (Pisces)
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creation date:			500s
creation date earliest:		500
creation date latest:		600
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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:		La voie du Tao, un autre chemin de l'Etre
	opening date:   2010-03-29T00:00:00
	<i>La voie du Tao, un autre chemin de l'Etre</i>. Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, 75008 Paris, France (March 29-July 5, 2010).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA 1975:  "Traditions and Revisions," cat. #38a-d<br>CMA 1990:  "Powerful Form and Potent Symbol:  The Dragon in Asia," Bull., 77 (October 1990) cat. 32<br>RMN/Musée Guimet (organizers).  Galeries Pu Grand Palais, Paris (3/29/2010 - 7/5/2010): "La voie du Tao, un autre chemin de l'Etre", ex. cat. no. 7.1, p. 124, 126-127.

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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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The twelve-animal zodiac series—rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and boar—signifies a traditional Chinese concept of time structured in a cyclical order. The twelve animals are also linked to the art of fortune-telling that underlies human existence in connection with the changes of the universe. The use of the twelve zodiac animals as tomb furniture suggests they provided a cosmological structure for the afterlife.
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