id:			157572
accession number:	1995.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.1
updated:		2024-04-25 10:03:10.670000

Canopy with Dragon among Flowers, 1100s/1400s. China, Center: Southern Song dynasty (1127-1270)  Border: Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Center: silk, gold, tapestry weave (kesi). Border: silk, gold, lampas weave; overall: 87 x 84.5 cm (34 1/4 x 33 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1995.1

title:				Canopy with Dragon among Flowers
title in original language:	緙絲百花盤龍織品
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creation date:			1100s/1400s
creation date earliest:		1175
creation date latest:		1499
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	China, Center: Southern Song dynasty (1127-1270)  Border: Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
technique:	Center: silk, gold, tapestry weave (kesi). Border: silk, gold, lampas weave
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 87 x 84.5 cm (34 1/4 x 33 1/4 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 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:		China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta
	opening date:   2023-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10, 2023-January 7, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Gallery 239 textile rotation</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 5, 2013-March 9, 2015).', 'opening_date': '2013-12-05T05:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	(The Textile Gallery, London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1995
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1995–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Shaffer, Daniel. "Marketplace: On the Crest of a Wave." <em>HALI; the international journal of Oriental carpets and textiles</em>, 43 (February 1989), p. 108.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 108
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	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: Distributed by H.N. Abrams, 1997.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 22, pp. 85-86; Reproduced: cat. no. 22, p. 85
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	Wardwell, Anne and James C. Watt. "A Meeting of Traditions." <em>HALI; the international journal of Oriental carpets and textiles, </em>95 (November 1997), pp. 102–104.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 5
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	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. 52–53
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