id:			155055
accession number:	1989.71
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.71
updated:		2023-08-29 11:33:57.038000

Watchtower, 25–220 CE. China, Eastern Han dynasty (AD 25-220). Earthenware with lead glaze; diameter: 39 cm (15 3/8 in.); overall: 54.3 cm (21 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1989.71

title:				Watchtower
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creation date:			25–220 CE
creation date earliest:		25
creation date latest:		220
current location:		241B Arts of Ancient China
creditline:			The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Eastern Han dynasty (AD 25-220)
technique:	earthenware with lead glaze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Han Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Diameter: 39 cm (15 3/8 in.); Overall: 54.3 cm (21 3/8 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

	(London Gallery, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, 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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wall description:
In this funerary sculpture of the watchtower is a lively retinue of hunters, musicians, dancers, and domestic animals. The representation provides a vivid picture of the worldly enjoyment to be perpetuated in the otherworldly realm of the afterlife. A low-temperature lead glaze is applied to its earthenware body, enhancing the modeled forms with a brilliant, smooth coating like a layer of opaque glass.
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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. 15
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n30

	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. 127
	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. 306; Mentioned: p. 303-07; 347
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161465

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