id: 150025
accession number: 1980.24
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Caparisoned Elephant, c. 1000s. China, Liao dynasty (916-1125). Gilt bronze; overall: 18.5 cm (7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund, 1980.24
title: Caparisoned Elephant
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creation date: c. 1000s
creation date earliest: 1000
creation date latest: 1100
current location: 241C Chinese Buddhist Sculptures
creditline: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture: China, Liao dynasty (916-1125)
technique: gilt bronze
department: Chinese Art
collection: China - Liao Dynasty
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 18.5 cm (7 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review: 1980
opening date: 1981-06-24T04:00:00
Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(J. E. Eskenazi, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Musuem of Art)
date: 1980
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1980β
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Christie's London. Fine Chinese Ceramics, Paintings and Works of Art. 16 April 1980.
page number: Lot 59
url:
Lee, Sherman E. βThe Year in Review for 1980.β The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 68, no. 6 (June 1981): 163β219.
page number: Reproduced: p. 205; Mentioned: p. 218, no. 285
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159730
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