id:			154599
accession number:	1989.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.2
updated:		2023-12-01 12:49:35.168000

Bird-Headed Ewer, 600s–700s. China, probably Henan province, Tang dynasty (618-907). Green-glazed stoneware with modeled, molded, and applied decoration; overall: 42.1 cm (16 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1989.2

title:				Bird-Headed Ewer
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creation date:			600s–700s
creation date earliest:		600
creation date latest:		799
current location:		239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	China, probably Henan province, Tang dynasty (618-907)
technique:	green-glazed stoneware with modeled, molded, and applied decoration
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Tang Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 42.1 cm (16 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Notable Acquisitions
	opening date:   1991-06-07T04:00:00
	<i>Notable Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 15, 1991).

	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

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PROVENANCE

	(J. E. Eskenazi, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1989
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1989–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Wilson, J. Keith. "Notable Acquisitions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 78, no. 3 (1991): 63-147.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 129
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161319

	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. 321; Mentioned: p. 321-24, 347
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161465

	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. 40–41
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	Eskenazi, Giuseppe, and Hajni Elias. <em>A Dealer's Hand: The Chinese Art World Through the Eyes of Giuseppe Eskenazi</em>. London, England: Scala, 2012.
	page number: 	p. 251
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