id: 154258
accession number: 1988.67.3
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Rhyton, c. late 600s–early 700s. Central Asia (Sogdiana) or Tibet. Silver with gilded foil; overall: 30.5 cm (12 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Clara Taplin Rankin, 1988.67.3
title: Rhyton
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creation date: c. late 600s–early 700s
creation date earliest: 680
creation date latest: 720
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creditline: Gift of Mrs. Clara Taplin Rankin
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culture: Central Asia (Sogdiana) or Tibet
technique: silver with gilded foil
department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection: Tibetan Art
type: Silver
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measurements: Overall: 30.5 cm (12 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Year in Review for 1988
opening date: 1989-03-01T05:00:00
The Year in Review for 1988. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989).
title: Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00
Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).
title: Traveling the Silk Road: Ancient Pathway to the Modern World
opening date: 2009-11-11T00:00:00
Traveling the Silk Road: Ancient Pathway to the Modern World. American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY (organizer) (November 11, 2009-August 15, 2010).
title: Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings
opening date: 2018-09-07T04:00:00
Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings. Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA (organizer) (September 7, 2018-January 6, 2019).
title: Faith and Empire: Art and Politics in Tibetan Buddhism
opening date: 2019-02-01T05:00:00
Faith and Empire: Art and Politics in Tibetan Buddhism. Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (February 1-July 15, 2019).
title: A Moveable Feast: Food Cultures in China
opening date: 2025-03-19T04:00:00
A Moveable Feast: Food Cultures in China. Hong Kong Palace Museum Limited, Hong Kong, Hong Kong (organizer) (March 19-June 18, 2025).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Selections from the Tibetan Collection (Galleries 103–104). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1993).', 'opening_date': '1993-01-01T05:00:00Z'}
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PROVENANCE
(David Tremayne, Ltd., London, United Kingdom, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, as gift from Mrs. Clara Taplin Rankin)
date: ?–1988
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1988–
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CITATIONS
“The Year in Review for 1988.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 76, no. 2 (February 1989): 30–75.
page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 232, pp. 37, 75; Reproduced: cat. no. 232, p. 41
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25160061
Czuma, Stan. "Tibetan Silver Vessels." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 4 (April 1993): 131–135.
page number: Reproduced: p. 133; Mentioned: p. 131–135
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161400
Carter, Martha L. "Three Silver Vessels from Tibet's Earliest Historical Era: A Preliminary Study." Cleveland Studies in the History of Art 3 (1998) 22-47.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 22, 27–31, figs. 1, 5a-9c
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20079697
Heller, Amy. Tibetan Art: Tracing the Development of Spiritual Ideals and Art in Tibet, 600-2000 A.D. Milano, Italy; Woodbridge, England: Jaca Book; Antique Collectors’ Club, 1999.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 8 and 11, pls. 3, 4, 13, and 14.
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Christman, Bruce. "Three Gilded Tibetan Vessels." In Gilded Metals: History, Technology and Conservation. Terry Drayman-Weisser, ed. London: Archetype Publications Ltd. in association with the American Institute of Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, 2000.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 10.1, p. 169; fig. 10.3, p. 172
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"Silk Road Art and Archaeology." Silk Road art and archaeology: journal of the Institute of Silk Road Studies, Kamakura, vol. 9 (2003).
page number: Reproduced: fig. 17, p. 224
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Huo, Wei. “A Study of Ancient Tibetan Gold and Silver Ware.” Chinese Archaeology 12, no. 1 (November 2012): 165–74. doi:10.1515/char-2012-0020.
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 216
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Kosmin, Paul. "Banqueting on the Move." In Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Feasting with Gods, Heroes, and Kings.Susanne Ebbinghaus,ed., 310-341. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Art Museums, 2018.
page number: Mentioned: p. 338 364; Reproduced: p. 339, fig. 7.30; p, 364, cat, #62
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Debreczeny, Karl. Faith and Empire: Art and Politics in Tibetan Buddhism. New York, NY: Rubin Museum of Art, 2019.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 3.5, pp. 8-9 and p. 76
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Heller, Amy. “Silver Jug: Ceremonial Banquet Vessels in Silver and Gold,” Project Himalayan Art, Rubin Museum of Art, 2023, https://rubinmuseum.org/projecthimalayanart/essays/silver-jug/.
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url: https://rubinmuseum.org/projecthimalayanart/essays/silver-jug/
Heller, Amy. “Tibetan Inscriptions on Ancient silver and gold Vessels and Artefacts.” Journal of the International Association for Bon Research, vol 1. (2013). Mentioned: footnote 38, p. 274; pp. 276–8. Reproduced: p. 277.
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