id:			152836
accession number:	1985.74
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.74
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:57.909000

Recumbent Bull, 700s. China, Tang dynasty (618-907). Gilt bronze; overall: 3.5 x 7 cm (1 3/8 x 2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1985.74

title:				Recumbent Bull
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creation date:			700s
creation date earliest:		700
creation date latest:		799
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	China, Tang dynasty (618-907)
technique:	gilt bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Tang Dynasty
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 3.5 x 7 cm (1 3/8 x 2 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail
	opening date:   2022-12-11T05:00:00
	<i>China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Eskenazi: Twenty-five Years; Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Gilt Bronzes, Inlaid Bronzes, Silver, Jades, Ceramics</em> (June 12-July 12, 1985).', 'opening_date': '1985-06-12T04:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	Dr. Zheng Dekun 鄭德坤 [1907–2001], Cambridge, England
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	(J. E. Eskenazi, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1985
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1985–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Von Spee, Clarissa. “Chinese Miniatures: Art in new dimensions.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>62, no. 3, 2022: 16.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 16.
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	Von Spee, Clarissa. “Chinese Miniatures: Art in new dimensions.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>vol. 62, no. 3 (September 2022): 16.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 16.
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	Watson, William. <em>Eskenazi: Twenty Five Years: Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Gilt Bronzes, Inlaid Bronzes, Silver, Jades, Ceramics: 12 June-12 July 1985</em>. London: Eskenazi Galleries, 1985.
	page number: 	cat. no. 14
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	Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1985.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 73, no. 2 (1986): 26–71.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 71, no. 212; Reproduced: p. 40, no. 212
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159930

	Eskenazi, Giuseppe, and Hajni Elias. <em>A Dealer's Hand: The Chinese Art World Through the Eyes of Giuseppe Eskenazi</em>. London, England: Scala, 2012.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 198, pl. 56
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