id:			151374
accession number:	1983.214
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.214
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:51.504000

Tripod Container with Dragon-Head Handle (Zhadou), 500s. China, Southern and Northern Dynasties period (386-589). Bronze; overall: 22.8 cm (9 in.); diameter of mouth with rim: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1983.214

title:				Tripod Container with Dragon-Head Handle (Zhadou)
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creation date:			500s
creation date earliest:		500
creation date latest:		600
current location:		241B Arts of Ancient China
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	China, Southern and Northern Dynasties period (386-589)
technique:	bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Southern Dynasties
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 22.8 cm (9 in.); Diameter of mouth with rim: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 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:		Images of the Mind
	opening date:   1987-07-07T04:00:00
	<i>Images of the Mind</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 7-August 30, 1987).

	title:		Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia
	opening date:   1990-07-24T04:00:00
	<i>Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 24-November 25, 1990).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1984: "Year in Review 1983," Bull., LXXI (Feb. 1984), no. 269, p. 79, repr. p. 44', 'opening_date': '1984-02-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA 1990: "Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia," Bull., 77 (October 1990), cat. #11, p. 315, repr. p. 315', 'opening_date': '1990-10-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, NY, Sale of Fine Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Paintings, Wednesday, December 7, 1983, lot 63)
	date: December 7, 1983
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1983–
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CITATIONS

	Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc. <em>F</em>i<em>ne Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Paintings</em>. 7 December 1983. Sale 5133.
	page number: 	Lot 63
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	"Year in Review for 1983." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>71, no. 2 (February, 1984): 38-79.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 44, no. 269
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159848

	Wilson, J. Keith. "Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 77, no. 8 (1990): 286-323.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 11, p. 315
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161297

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