id:			152021
accession number:	1984.7
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1984.7
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:54.194000

Water and Moon (Potala) Guanyin, 900–1100. China, Five dynasties (907-960) - Song dynasty (960-1279). Gilt bronze; overall: 17.6 cm (6 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1984.7

title:				Water and Moon (Potala) Guanyin
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creation date:			900–1100
creation date earliest:		900
creation date latest:		1100
current location:		241C Chinese Buddhist Sculptures
creditline:			The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	China, Five dynasties (907-960) - Song dynasty (960-1279)
technique:	gilt bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Five Dynasties
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 17.6 cm (6 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review for 1984
	opening date:   1985-04-03T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review for 1984</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Small Sculptures, Shang through Sung dynasties</em>. China House Gallery, New York, NY (February 19–April 17, 1954).', 'opening_date': '1954-04-17T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Bull
	date: ?–December 6, 1983
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	(Sotheby's New York, NY. Important Chinese Works of Art: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Bull. 6 December 1983 sale, Lot 66)
	date: December 6, 1983
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	(Mr. J. E. Eskenazi, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1984
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1984–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Small Sculpture, Shang Through Sung Dynasties: A Loan Exhibition</em>. New York: Chinese Art Society of America, 1954.
	page number: 	no. 68
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	Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York. <em>Important Chinese Works of Art: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Bull</em>. 6 December 1983.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: Lot 66
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	Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1984." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 72, no. 2 (1985): 163–207.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 182, p. 206; Reproduced: no. 182, p. 173
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159897

	<em>Hai wai yi zhen </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: 	p. 155
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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.6, p. 1245
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