id:			155644
accession number:	1990.84
share license status:	CC0
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updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:10.426000

Miniature Votive Stupa, 435 CE. China, Gansu province, Northern Wei dynasty (386-534). Steatite; overall: 16.9 cm (6 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1990.84

title:				Miniature Votive Stupa
title in original language:	小型石塔
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creation date:			435 CE
creation date earliest:		435
creation date latest:		435
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	China, Gansu province, Northern Wei dynasty (386-534)
technique:	steatite
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Northern Dynasties
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 16.9 cm (6 5/8 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).

	title:		Intimate Rituals and Personal Devotions: Spiritual Art Through the Ages
	opening date:   2000-07-16T00:00:00
	<i>Intimate Rituals and Personal Devotions: Spiritual Art Through the Ages</i>. Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL (organizer) (July 16, 2000-January 14, 2001).

	title:		China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail
	opening date:   2022-12-11T05:00:00
	<i>China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Compagnie de la Chine et des Indes, Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1990
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1990-
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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. 128
	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. 313, 315; Mentioned: pp. 313-20, 347
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161465

	Perkins, Larry David, Michael J. Bennett, Oleg Grabar, Robin Poynor, Dorothy C. Wong, and Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie.<em> Intimate Rituals and Personal Devotions: Spiritual Art Through the Ages</em>. Gainesville, FL: University of Florida, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, 2000.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 24, p. 25, p. 73
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