id:			149445
accession number:	1978.9
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1978.9
updated:		2025-06-13 12:04:39.813000

Ritual Weapons, early 1400s. Sino-Tibetan, Derge School, Yongle period (1403-1427). Iron alloy with gold and silver inlay; overall: 40.4 cm (15 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1978.9

title:				Ritual Weapons
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			early 1400s
creation date earliest:		1400
creation date latest:		1425
current location:		237 Himalayan
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Sino-Tibetan, Derge School, Yongle period (1403-1427)
technique:	iron alloy with gold and silver inlay
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Tibetan Art
type:		Metalwork
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 40.4 cm (15 7/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Inlaid "Yung-lo" mark (1403-1425) in gold at tope of handle above snake's head.
	translation:	
	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1978
	opening date:   1979-02-13T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1978</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 13-March 18, 1979).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1978.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 66, no. 1 (January 1979): 3–47.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 37; Mentioned: p. 47, no. 158
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159613

	Huntington, John C., Dina Bangdel, and Robert A. F. Thurman. <em>The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art. </em>Chicago: Serindia Publications, 2003.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 366–369, no. 108
	url:		

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