id:			150036
accession number:	1980.25
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.25
updated:		2024-06-05 11:02:02.089000

Ascetic Holding a Skull, c. 500 CE. China, Northern Wei dynasty (386-534). Gilt bronze; overall: 19.4 cm (7 5/8 in.); figure: 18.1 cm (7 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1980.25

title:				Ascetic Holding a Skull
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creation date:			c. 500 CE
creation date earliest:		450
creation date latest:		550
current location:		241C Chinese Buddhist Sculptures
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Northern Wei dynasty (386-534)
technique:	gilt bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Northern Dynasties
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 19.4 cm (7 5/8 in.); Figure: 18.1 cm (7 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1980
	opening date:   1981-06-24T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1980</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).

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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>Golden Gate International Exposition</em>. San Francisco, CA (February 18-October 29, 1939). cat. no. 61', 'opening_date': '1939-02-18T05:00:00Z'}

* {'description': 'Fogg Museum of Art (1939–45).', 'opening_date': '1939-01-02T05:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	Major General Sir Neill Malcolm [1869–1953], London, England
	date: by 1935–?
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	(Spink & Son, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1980
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH
	date: 1980–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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: cat. no. 552, pp. 39, 52
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	Sirén, Osvald. “The Sculptures in the Chinese Exhibition in London.” <em>Parnassus</em> 8, no. 2 (February 1936): 4–39.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 5
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/771320

	Davidson, J. Leroy. “A Problem in Skulls.” <em>Parnassus</em> 11, no. 1 (January 1939): 33–35.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 33
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/771773

	<em>Octagon </em>vol. XVII, no. 1 (Spring 1980).
	page number: 	p. 5
	url:		

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1980.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 68, no. 6 (June 1981): 163–219.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 202, no. 288; Mentioned: p. 218, no. 288
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159730

	“Annual Report for 1980.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 68, no. 7 (July 1981): 223–266.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 235
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159734

	Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan 國立故宮博物院. <em>Hai wai yi zhen. fo xiang</em> [海外遺珎. 佛像= Chinese art in overseas collections. Buddhist sculpture]. Taibei Shi: Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan, 1990.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 35
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	Sun, Di 孙迪, editor. <em>Zhongguo liu shi hai wai Fo jiao zao xiang zong he tu mu</em> [中国流失海外佛教造像总合图目= Comprehensive Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Buddhist Statues in Overseas Collections]. Beijing: Wai wen chu ban she, 2005.
	page number: 	vol. 1, p. 152
	url:		

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