id: 147417
accession number: 1973.161
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Seal with Unicorn and Inscription, c. 2000 BCE. Pakistan, Indus Valley civilization. Steatite; overall: 3.5 x 3.6 cm (1 3/8 x 1 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1973.161
title: Seal with Unicorn 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
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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: 3.5 x 3.6 cm (1 3/8 x 1 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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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." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 61, no. 2 (1974): 31-78.
page number: Mentioned: no. 194, p. 79
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152513
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 286
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n306
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. 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. Masterworks of Asian Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 106-107
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