id:			151077
accession number:	1983.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.1
updated:		2023-08-23 22:46:40.294000

Dog, 25–220 CE. China, Eastern Han dynasty (AD 25-220). Earthenware with lead glaze; overall: 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1983.1

title:				Dog
title in original language:	狗
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			25–220 CE
creation date earliest:		25
creation date latest:		220
current location:		241B Arts of Ancient China
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Eastern Han dynasty (AD 25-220)
technique:	earthenware with lead glaze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Han Dynasty
type:		Sculpture
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1983
	opening date:   1984-02-22T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1983</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).

	title:		Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions
	opening date:   1994-10-18T04:00:00
	<i>Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1994).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Chinese Art from the Ferris Luboshez Collection</em>. University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, MD (March 23-April 30, 1972).

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PROVENANCE

	Captain S. N. Ferris Luboshez, U.S.N. [1896–1984], consigned to sale at Sotheby's, New York
	date: by 1972–1982
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	(Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, NY, November 18, 1982, lot no. 29)
	date: November 18, 1982
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	(J. E. Eskenazi, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 1982–1983
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1983–
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fun fact:
The dog's muzzle, whiskers, and neck scruff were boldly incised into the earthenware form.

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wall description:
Modeled with a lively naturalism and light humor, this dog reflects the worldly tastes of Han China. It differs from the solemn animal images on ritual bronze vessels, which served as the medium for communication with the supernatural realms. The Han people held beliefs in a worldly paradise and an otherworldly realm of eternal life and happiness.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	McNamee, Harriet. <em>Chinese Art from the Ferris Luboshez Collection. [Exhibition Held at] University of Maryland Art Gallery, March 23 - April 30, 1972</em>. College Park: University of Maryland Dept. of Art, 1972.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. 50, p. 54; Reproduced: fig. 4, p. 16
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	Sotheby's, New York. <em>Important Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Works of Art: the Collection of Captain S.N. Ferris Luboshez, USN (Ret'd)</em>. 18 November 1982. Lot 29.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: Lot 29
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	Turner, Evan H. “Year in Review for 1983.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 71, no. 2 (February 1984): 38–79.
	page number: 	Reproduced: no. 246, p. 66; Mentioned: no. 246, p. 77
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159848

	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. 13
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n28

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