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accession number:	1977.36
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Ringstone, 200s BCE. India, Maurya period (322–185 BCE). Steatite; diameter: 10.2 cm (4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1977.36

title:				Ringstone
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series:				
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creation date:			200s BCE
creation date earliest:		-300
creation date latest:		-200
current location:		242A Ancient India
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	India, Maurya period (322–185 BCE)
technique:	steatite
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Maurya
type:		Sculpture
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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measurements: Diameter: 10.2 cm (4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1977
	opening date:   1977-12-28T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1977</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Julian Sherrier, London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1977
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1977–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Annual Progress Report of the Archeological Survey of India, Central Circle, for 1920-21</em>. Patna: Government Press, 1921.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 21, pl. XVII
	url:		

	Marshall, John. <em>Taxila, An Illustrated Account of Archaeological Excavations Carried Out at Taxila Under the Orders of the Government of India between the Years 1913 and 1934</em>. Cambridge [England]: University Press, 1951.
	page number: 	vol. III, p. 147
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	Irwin, John. “Late Mauryan or Early Shunga Ring-stones,” <em>Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society</em> (1951), pp. 1-2.
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	Sharma, Y.D. “Past Patterns in Living as Unfolded by Excavations at Repar.” <em>Lalit Kalā, </em>1-2 (1955-56).
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pl. XLVI, fig. 13, pp. 125
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	Chhobra, B. Ch. “Antiquities from Jhusi and Other Sites." <em>Lalit Kalā</em> 9 (1961), pp. 11-15.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pl. VI, fig. 14
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	Chandra, Pramod. “The Cult of Śrī Lakshmī and Four Carved Discs in Bharat Kala Bhavan” in <em>Chhari, </em>(Varanasi: Bharat Kala Bhavan, 1971) pp. 139-148<strong>. </strong>
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	url:		

	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

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1977.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 65, no. 1, 1978, pp. 2–43.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 143, p. 43; Reproduced: no. 143, p. 31
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159560

	"Annual Report for 1977." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 65, no. 6 (1978): 177-215.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 191
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159587

	Gupta, S. P. <em>The Roots of Indian Art: A Detailed Study of the Formative Period of Indian Art and Architecture, Third and Second Centuries B.C., Mauryan and Late Mauryan</em>. Delhi: B.R. Pub. Corp, 1980.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: Chapter 2
	url:		

	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

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