id:			154786
accession number:	1989.362
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.362
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:06.461000

Purba, 1403–24. Sino-Tibetan, Yongle period (1403-1424). Metal alloys with gold and silver; overall: 27 x 6 cm (10 5/8 x 2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.362

title:				Purba
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creation date:			1403–24
creation date earliest:		1403
creation date latest:		1424
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creditline:			Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
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culture:	Sino-Tibetan, Yongle period (1403-1424)
technique:	metal alloys with gold and silver
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Tibetan Art
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 27 x 6 cm (10 5/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
	opening date:   1990-07-05T04:00:00
	<i>The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).

	title:		The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art
	opening date:   2003-10-05T00:00:00
	<i>The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art</i>. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (organizer) (October 5, 2003-January 11, 2004); Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (February 8-May 9, 2004).

	title:		Defining Yongle: Imperial Art in Early Fifteenth-Century China
	opening date:   2005-04-01T00:00:00
	<i>Defining Yongle: Imperial Art in Early Fifteenth-Century China</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (April 1-July 10, 2005).

	title:		Focus: Tantra in Buddhist Art
	opening date:   2013-05-05T00:00:00
	<i>Focus: Tantra in Buddhist Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 5-September 15, 2013).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(William H. Wolff, Inc., New York, NY, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)
	date: ?-1970
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	Severance A. [1895-1985] and Greta Millikin [1903-1989], Cleveland, OH
	date: 1970-1985
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	Greta Millikin [1903-1989], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1985-1989
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1989-
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CITATIONS

	Huntington, John C., Dina Bangdel, and Robert A. F. Thurman. <em>The Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art</em>. Chicago: Serindia Publications, 2003.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 506-507, cat. no. 156
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