id:			147413
accession number:	1973.158
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.158
updated:		2024-08-08 15:15:50.661000

The Immortal Li Tieguai, 1500s. Su Wennan (Chinese). Bronze; overall: 41.8 cm (16 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund 1973.158

title:				The Immortal Li Tieguai
title in original language:	李鐵拐
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			1500s
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1599
current location:		
creditline:			Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
technique:	bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Ming Dynasty
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Su Wennan (Chinese)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 41.8 cm (16 7/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	蘇文南製 (Su Wennan Zhi )
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China
	opening date:   1988-02-10T05:00:00
	<i>Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-April 10, 1988).

	title:		Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art (Chinese art rotation)
	opening date:   2022-05-13T04:00:00
	<i>Escaping to a Better World: Eccentrics and Immortals in Chinese Art (Chinese art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 13-November 6, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Arts of China: From the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH (March 8-May 8, 1983).', 'opening_date': '1983-03-08T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Bluett & Sons, London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1973
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1973–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"The Year in Review for 1973." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 61, no. 2 (1974): 31-78.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 178, p. 78; Reproduced: no. 178, p. 66
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152513

	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. 355
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n375

	<em>Arts of China: From the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Mansfield, OH: Mansfield Art Center, 1983.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 53
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	Little, Stephen. <em>Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China: the Cleveland Museum of Art, February 10-April 10, 1988</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1988.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 14, p. 42
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