id:			154507
accession number:	1989.15
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.15
updated:		2023-03-14 12:01:36.739000

Jar (Hu), 202 BC-AD 9. China, probably Henan province, Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9). Earthenware with slip and painted decoration; overall: 48.2 cm (19 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1989.15

title:				Jar (Hu)
title in original language:	
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creation date:			202 BC-AD 9
creation date earliest:		-202
creation date latest:		9
current location:		241B Arts of Ancient China
creditline:			The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	China, probably Henan province, Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9)
technique:	earthenware with slip and painted decoration
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Han Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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measurements: Overall: 48.2 cm (19 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1989
	opening date:   1990-02-06T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1989</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 6-April 15, 1990).

	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:		Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions
	opening date:   1994-10-18T04:00:00
	<i>Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1994).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* 1994  CMA:  Asian Autumn:  "New Objects/New Insights:  Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions," cat., Bull., vol. 81, no. 8 (October 1994) cat. no. 21, p. 347, pp. 303-307, repr.p. 304

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PROVENANCE

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wall description:
Instead of depicting a real landscape, the artist focused on the rhythmic forces of nature and the movement of energy, using the scrolling form as a symbol common to all changes in nature: cloud vapors, waves, and mountains alike. Here a dragon hovers among sweeping scrolls.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cover, p. 295, 315
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161297

	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. 13
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n28

	Wilson, J. Keith, and Anne E. Wardwell. "New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>81, no. 8 (1994): 270-347.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 304; Mentioned: p. 303-07, 347
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161465

	Cunningham, Michael R. <em>Masterworks of Asian art</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 34 - 35
	url:		

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