id:			147058
accession number:	1972.76.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.76.2
updated:		2025-09-17 16:46:55.058000

Mortuary Figure of the Zodiac Sign: Ox (Taurus), 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, 1972.76.2

title:				Mortuary Figure of the Zodiac Sign: Ox (Taurus)
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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:		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

* {'description': 'CMA 1975:  "Traditions and Revisions," cat. #38a-d', 'opening_date': '1975-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA 1990:  "Powerful Form and Potent Symbol:  The Dragon in Asia," Bull., 77 (October 1990) cat. 32', 'opening_date': '1990-10-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '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.', 'opening_date': '2010-03-29T00:00:00'}

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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. "Zodiac Heads." <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 53, no. 4 (July/August 2013): 8–9.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 8–9; Reproduced: p. 9
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2013-04/page/n7/mode/2up

	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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