id:			157004
accession number:	1993.158
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.158
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:17.039000

Pair of Boots, 907–1125. Northern China, Liao dynasty (907-1125). Silk: tapestry weave; two kinds of metal threads; overall: 47.5 x 30.8 cm (18 11/16 x 12 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1993.158

title:				Pair of Boots
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creation date:			907–1125
creation date earliest:		907
creation date latest:		1125
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Northern China, Liao dynasty (907-1125)
technique:	Silk: tapestry weave; two kinds of metal threads
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 47.5 x 30.8 cm (18 11/16 x 12 1/8 in.)
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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:		The Splendor of Chinese Silk – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c
	opening date:   2018-02-05T05:00:00
	<i>The Splendor of Chinese Silk – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 5-August 12, 2018).

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CITATIONS

	“1993 Annual Report.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 81, no. 6 (June 1994): 143–218.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 167
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25161457

	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. 325; Mentioned: p. 325-28, 347
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161465

	Wardell, Anne E., "Royal Regalia", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 35 no. 08, October 1995
	page number: 	Mentioned & reproduced: p. 7
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1995-08/page/6

	Watt, James C. Y., Anne E. Wardwell, and Morris Rossabi. When silk was gold: Central Asian and Chinese textiles. 1997.
	page number: 	pp. 87-90, reproduced in color, p. 87, detail repr. p. 88, figure 30
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	Watt, James C. Y, Anne E Wardwell, Anne E Wardwell, Morris Rossabi, Cleveland Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Morris Rossabi, Cleveland Museum of Art, and Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). <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 and reproduced: P. 87-90, no. 23
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	Cunningham, Michael R. <em>Masterworks of Asian art</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 48 - 49
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	Spee, Clarissa von. "From the SIlk Road to the Imperial Court: Chinese Textiles in the Cleveland Museum of Art." <em>Arts of Asia</em> 48, no. 3(May-June 2018): 50-56.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 51, fig. 2
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	Müller, Kathrin. <em>Musterhaft naturgetreu: Tiere in Seiden, Zeichnungen und Tapisserien des 14. und 15.</em> <em>Jahrhunderts.</em> Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, 2020.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 58, abb. 14
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