id:			149170
accession number:	1977.9
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.9
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:41.751000

Wrist-Rest with Crayfish and Water Plants, 1700s. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Ivory and polychrome pigment; overall: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1977.9

title:				Wrist-Rest with Crayfish and Water Plants
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			1700s
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1799
current location:		
creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
technique:	ivory and polychrome pigment
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Qing Dynasty
type:		Ivory
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Inside: Seal of Hsiang Yuan-pien; 
Reverse: Engraved poem by Wen P'eng (1498-1573)
	translation:	
	remark:		

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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).

	title:		Chinese Paintings: Themes and Techniques
	opening date:   1981-02-07T05:00:00
	<i>Chinese Paintings: Themes and Techniques</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 7-April 5, 1981).

	title:		Chinese Ivories: from the Shang to the Qing
	opening date:   1984-05-24T04:00:00
	<i>Chinese Ivories: from the Shang to the Qing</i>. The British Museum, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (May 24-August 19, 1984).

	title:		Autumn Grasses: Arts of the Momoyama Period (1573-1615)
	opening date:   1988-10-04T04:00:00
	<i>Autumn Grasses: Arts of the Momoyama Period (1573-1615)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 4-December 11, 1988).

	title:		Scholar's Studio
	opening date:   1989-09-19T04:00:00
	<i>Scholar's Studio</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-December 17, 1989).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>International Exhibition of Chinese Art. </em>Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England (November 28, 1935-March 7, 1936).', 'opening_date': '1935-11-28T05:00:00Z'}

* {'description': '<em>The Arts of the Ming Dynasty</em>. Arts Council Gallery, The Arts Council of Great Britain and the Oriental Ceramic Society. London, UK (November 15-December 14, 1957).', 'opening_date': '1957-11-15T05:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	Sir Percival David [1892–1964], London, England, by descent to his wife Lady David
	date: ? by 1935–1964
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	Lady Sheila Jane Yorke Hardy David [1914–?], London, England
	date: 1964–1976?
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	(Sotheby's, London, 14 December, 1976, lot 201, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 14 December 1976
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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>Can jia Lundun Zhongguo yi shu guo ji zhan lan hui chu pin tu shuo</em> [Illustrated catalogue of Chinese government exhibits for the International Exhibition of Chinese Art in London = 參加倫敦中國藝術國際展覽會出品圖說]. Shanghai: Shang wu yin shu guan, 1936.
	page number: 	#2947
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	Spendlove, F. St. George, ed. C<em>atalogue of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1935-6</em>. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1935.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: no. 2947, pp. 251, 264
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	<em>The Arts of the Ming Dynasty; An Exhibition Organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Oriental Ceramic Society, November 15th to December 14th, 1957 at the Arts Council Gallery</em>. London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1958.
	page number: 	no. 366
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	Sotheby's London.<em> Early Chinese Ceramics; Sung, Ming and Ch'ing Wares; Lacquer; Works of Art</em>. December 14, 1976. Lot 201.
	page number: 	
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	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. 2–42.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 43, cat. no. 155
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159560

	<em>Chinese Ivories: From the Shang to the Qing: an Exhibition organized by the Oriental Ceramic Society jointly with the British Museum, 24 May to 19 August 1984 in Oriental Gallery II</em>. [London]: The Society, 1984.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 152, p. 139
	url:		

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