id:			154222
accession number:	1988.4
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1988.4
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:03.732000

Spiral Armilla, c. 1500 BCE. Central Europe, Bronze Age. Bronze, wrought; overall: 16.5 x 12.1 cm (6 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1988.4

title:				Spiral Armilla
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creation date:			c. 1500 BCE
creation date earliest:		-1505
creation date latest:		-1495
current location:		106A Migration Period & Coptic
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Central Europe, Bronze Age
technique:	bronze, wrought
department:	Greek and Roman Art
collection:	GR - European Bronze Age
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 16.5 x 12.1 cm (6 1/2 x 4 3/4 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:		The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-06-09T00:00:00
	<i>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006):  "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art", no. 3, p. 115, color repr. p. 13.', 'opening_date': '2006-06-09T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Dr. Egger, Vienna, sold at Sotheby's 1891; Pitt River; (Michael Ward, New York).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 4
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n20

	Kozloff, Arielle P. "Ancient East-European Bronzes." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 80, no. 4 (1993): 122-26.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 123; Mentioned: p. 122-26
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161398

	Sims, Lowery Stokes. <em>The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.
	page number: 	Mentioned; P. 86; reproduced: P. 13, no. 3
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