id:			153759
accession number:	1987.57
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.57
updated:		2024-04-04 11:13:07.229000

Buddhist Priest's Ceremonial Robe, 1400s. China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Silk and gold thread; embroidery; overall: 119.4 x 302.1 cm (47 x 118 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1987.57

title:				Buddhist Priest's Ceremonial Robe
title in original language:	袈裟
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creation date:			1400s
creation date earliest:		1400
creation date latest:		1499
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creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture:	China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
technique:	silk and gold thread; embroidery
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Garment
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measurements: Overall: 119.4 x 302.1 cm (47 x 118 15/16 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:		Buddhist Ceremonial Robe Restoration
	opening date:   1996-10-17T00:00:00
	<i>Buddhist Ceremonial Robe Restoration</i>. Textilerestauratiorin SKR (October 17-December 11, 1996).

	title:		When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian & Chinese Textiles from the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museums of Art
	opening date:   1997-10-19T00:00:00
	<i>When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian & Chinese Textiles from the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museums of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 26, 1997-January 4, 1998); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 26, 1997-January 4, 1998); The Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (March 2-May 17, 1998); The Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (March 2-May 17, 1998).

	title:		Taming Tigers and Releasing Dragons: Masterpieces of Chinese Buddhist Art – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c
	opening date:   2019-02-08T05:00:00
	<i>Taming Tigers and Releasing Dragons: Masterpieces of Chinese Buddhist Art – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 8-August 11, 2019).

	title:		Like a Lotus Unstained by Mud
	opening date:   2024-03-19T04:00:00
	<i>Like a Lotus Unstained by Mud</i>. Hoam Museum of Art, Kyunggi-do, Korea (Republic of) (March 19-June 23, 2024) https://www.leeumhoam.org/hoam/exhibition/77.

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 244)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 11, 2013-March 9, 2015).', 'opening_date': '2013-12-11T05:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Spink & Son, Ltd., London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art.)
	date: ?–1987
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1987–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Watt, James C. Y., Anne E. Wardwell, and Morris Rossabi. <em>When silk was gold: Central Asian and Chinese textiles</em>. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art in cooperation with the Cleveland Museum of Art: Distributed by H.N. Abrams, 1997.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 64, pp. 210–212
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	Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. <em>Masterworks of Asian Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 84–85
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