id:			147568
accession number:	1973.66.3
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.66.3
updated:		2023-12-07 11:19:48.737000

Necklace Bead, 185–72 BCE. India, Uttar Pradesh or Madhya Pradesh, Shunga period (185–78 BCE). Gold; overall: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1973.66.3

title:				Necklace Bead
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creation date:			185–72 BCE
creation date earliest:		-185
creation date latest:		-72
current location:		242A Ancient India
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	India, Uttar Pradesh or Madhya Pradesh, Shunga period (185–78 BCE)
technique:	gold
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Sunga
type:		Jewelry
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measurements: Overall: 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.)
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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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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. 180, p. 79; Reproduced: no. 180, p. 58
	url:		https://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

	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. 11
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n26

	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. 110–111
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	Guy, John. <em>Tree &amp; Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India. </em>Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2023.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 58
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