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accession number:	1976.71.b
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Reliquary Box (lid), 200–400 CE. Pakistan, Gandhara, probably Swat, late Kushan period. Bronze; diameter: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); overall: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1976.71.b

title:				Reliquary Box (lid)
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creation date:			200–400 CE
creation date earliest:		200
creation date latest:		400
current location:		242A Ancient India
creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture:	Pakistan, Gandhara, probably Swat, late Kushan period
technique:	bronze
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Kushan, Gandhara
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); Overall: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review, 1976
	opening date:   1977-02-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review, 1976</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-March 6, 1977).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 13, 1985-January 15, 1986), Asia Society Galleries, New York, NY (February 13-April 6, 1986), and Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA (May 13-July 13,1986).', 'opening_date': '1986-02-13T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Ulrich von Schroeder [b, 1943], Zürich, Switzerland, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1976
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1976-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1976." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 64, no. 2 (1977): 39-78.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 164, p. 79; Reproduced: no. 164, p. 58
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152676

	Czuma, Stanislaw J., and Rekha Morris. <em>Kushan Sculpture: Images from Early India</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1985.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 85, p. 171
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	Jongeward, David, Elizabeth Errington, Richard Salomon, and Stefan Baums. <em>Gandharan Buddhist Reliquaries</em>. Seattle: Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project, 2012.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 105, fig 3.55; pp. 294–295, no. 401
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