id:			153635
accession number:	1987.160
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.160
updated:		2025-06-10 11:10:07.187000

Dog-shaped Paperweight, 676–935. Korea, Unified Silla period (676-935). Gilt bronze; overall: 5 x 2.7 cm (1 15/16 x 1 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Robert H. Ellsworth in honor of Sherman E. Lee, 1987.160

title:				Dog-shaped Paperweight
title in original language:	개모양 금동 문진 (犬形金銅文鎭)
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creation date:			676–935
creation date earliest:		676
creation date latest:		935
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creditline:			Gift of Robert H. Ellsworth in honor of Sherman E. Lee
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culture:	Korea, Unified Silla period (676-935)
technique:	gilt bronze
department:	Korean Art
collection:	Korean Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 5 x 2.7 cm (1 15/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1987
	opening date:   1988-02-24T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1987</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).

	title:		Scholar's Studio
	opening date:   1989-09-19T04:00:00
	<i>Scholar's Studio</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-December 17, 1989).

	title:		Interpretation of Materiality: Gold
	opening date:   2021-04-29T04:00:00
	<i>Interpretation of Materiality: Gold</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 29-October 24, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Robert H. Ellsworth [1929–2014], New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1987
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 16, 1987–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1987.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 75, no. 2, 1988, pp. 30–71.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 212, p. 71; Reproduced: p. 65
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160017

	Lee, Soyoung, and Denise Patry Leidy. <em>Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom</em>. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013.
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	Nelson, Sarah. <em>Gyeongju: The Capital of Golden Silla</em>. Routledge, 2019.
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	“Exhibitions through November 2022.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>59, vol. 62 no. 3 (September, 2022): 13.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 13.
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