id:			155903
accession number:	1991.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.2
updated:		2024-08-08 15:16:40.764000

Thangka with the Seventh Bodhisattva, 1368–1424. China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Silk and gold thread on silk satin ground, embroidery; overall: 43.8 x 19.5 cm (17 1/4 x 7 11/16 in.); mounted: 56.8 x 31.8 cm (22 3/8 x 12 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1991.2

title:				Thangka with the Seventh Bodhisattva
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creation date:			1368–1424
creation date earliest:		1368
creation date latest:		1424
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
technique:	Silk and gold thread on silk satin ground, embroidery
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Embroidery
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measurements: Overall: 43.8 x 19.5 cm (17 1/4 x 7 11/16 in.); Mounted: 56.8 x 31.8 cm (22 3/8 x 12 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	Penned on the reverse is a Tibetan inscription that translates as "the Seventh Bodhisattva."
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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:		When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian & Chinese Textiles from the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museums of Art
	opening date:   1997-10-19T00:00:00
	<i>When Silk Was Gold: Central Asian & Chinese Textiles from the Cleveland and Metropolitan Museums of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 26, 1997-January 4, 1998); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 26, 1997-January 4, 1998); The Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (March 2-May 17, 1998); The Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (March 2-May 17, 1998).

	title:		Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation – November 2016-April 2017
	opening date:   2016-11-07T05:00:00
	<i>Himalayan Gallery 237 Rotation – November 2016-April 2017</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 7, 2016-April 10, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Selected 1991 Acquisitions</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 28-April 26, 1992).', 'opening_date': '1992-01-28T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Spink & Son, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1991
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1991–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. "Selected 1991 Acquisitions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 79, no. 2 (1992): 63-83.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 67; Mentioned: p. 83
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161350

	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: 343; Mentioned: p. 342-345, 347
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161465

	Watt, James C. Y., Anne E. Wardwell, and Morris Rossabi. <em>When silk was gold: Central Asian and Chinese textiles</em>. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art in cooperation with the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1997.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 63, pp. 207–209; Reproduced: p. 208
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 37 no. 09, November 1997
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: p. 2
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1997-09/page/2

	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. 80–81
	url:		

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