id:			157337
accession number:	1994.20
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1994.20
updated:		2023-04-05 11:07:29.783000

Pendant, 1300s. China, 14th century. Needleloop embroidery and knotting; silk, silvered paper, gilded paper and gold thread; overall: 84.5 x 21.7 cm (33 1/4 x 8 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1994.20

title:				Pendant
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creation date:			1300s
creation date earliest:		1300
creation date latest:		1399
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creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture:	China, 14th century
technique:	needleloop embroidery and knotting; silk, silvered paper, gilded paper and gold thread
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Embroidery
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measurements: Overall: 84.5 x 21.7 cm (33 1/4 x 8 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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 Metropolitan Museum of Art (organizer) (March 2-May 17, 1998).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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wall description:
Pendants were used extensively in Buddhist settings where they were attached to almost anything needing decoration: ritual objects, canopies, valances, pillars, and other architectural components. They could be made in a variety of ways. This example consists of a heading and six tiers, each embroidered separately and then attached, one to the next. The earliest known pendant of this type was found in Central Asia and dates from the Tang dynasty (AD 618-907). The 14th-century date of this pendant is indicated by the style of the flowers.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions to the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection,” August 26, 1994, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr3900/page/n1

	Watt, James C. Y., Anne E. Wardwell, and Morris Rossabi. When silk was gold: Central Asian and Chinese textiles. 1997.
	page number: 	pp. 189-191, reproduced in color, p. 189
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IMAGES

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