id:			147416
accession number:	1973.160
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.160
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:33.982000

Seal with Two-Horned Bull and Inscription, c. 2000 BCE. Pakistan, Indus Valley civilization. Steatite; overall: 3.2 x 3.2 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1973.160

title:				Seal with Two-Horned Bull and Inscription
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creation date:			c. 2000 BCE
creation date earliest:		-2010
creation date latest:		-1990
current location:		242A Ancient India
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Pakistan, Indus Valley civilization
technique:	steatite
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Indus Valley
type:		Seals
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measurements: Overall: 3.2 x 3.2 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		A Cleveland Bestiary
	opening date:   1981-10-15T04:00:00
	<i>A Cleveland Bestiary</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 15-December 16, 1981).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(William H. Wolff [1906–1991], New York, NY, 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. 193, p. 79
	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. 286
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n306

	Kathman, Barbara A. <em>A Cleveland Bestiary</em>. Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 31, Mentioned: p. 31, p. 61
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 3
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n19

	Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. <em>Masterworks of Asian Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 106-107
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