id:			154215
accession number:	1988.33
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1988.33
updated:		2024-04-10 11:01:07.396000

Dragons Chasing Flaming Pearls, 1200s or earlier. Central China, 13th century or earlier. Tapestry, silk and gold thread; overall: 60 x 32 cm (23 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1988.33

title:				Dragons Chasing Flaming Pearls
title in original language:	龍戲珠紋織品
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creation date:			1200s or earlier
creation date earliest:		1200
creation date latest:		1299
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creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture:	Central China, 13th century or earlier
technique:	tapestry, silk and gold thread
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 60 x 32 cm (23 5/8 x 12 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1988
	opening date:   1989-03-01T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1988</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989).

	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).

	title:		Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
	opening date:   1991-06-07T04:00:00
	<i>Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).

	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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Gallery 239 textile rotation</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 10, 2016-February 7, 2017).', 'opening_date': '2016-03-10T05:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Spink & Son, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1988
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1988–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Simcox, Jacqueline. "Silks from the Middle Kingdom." <em>Hali: The International Magazine of Fine Carpets and Textiles,</em> Issue 43, (February 1989).
	page number: 	p. 16-33; illus. fig. 14, p. 21.
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	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. Accessed April 4, 2020.
	page number: 	p.  286-323
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25161297

	Watt, James C. Y., and Anne E. Wardwell. <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, 1997.
	page number: 	pp. 75–77, cat. no. 17
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IMAGES

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