id:			159372
accession number:	1996.2.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1996.2.1
updated:		2024-04-10 11:01:07.522000

Child’s Coat with Ducks in Pearl Medallions, 700s. Probably Sogdia (present-day Uzbekistan). Silk: weft-faced compound twill weave (samite); width across shoulders: 84.5 cm (33 1/4 in.); length back of neck to hem: 51.4 cm (20 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1996.2.1

title:				Child’s Coat with Ducks in Pearl Medallions
title in original language:	雙鴨圓形紋兒童外套
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creation date:			700s
creation date earliest:		700
creation date latest:		799
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Probably Sogdia (present-day Uzbekistan);China, Tang dynasty
technique:	Silk: weft-faced compound twill weave (samite)
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Garment
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measurements: width across shoulders: 84.5 cm (33 1/4 in.); length back of neck to hem: 51.4 cm (20 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:		Islamic art rotation
	opening date:   2012-12-03T05:00:00
	<i>Islamic art rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 3, 2012-December 9, 2013).

	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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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Sara Tremayne, Ltd., London, UK, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1996
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1996-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “The Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Major Works,” March 18, 1996, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4027

	Watt, James C. Y., Anne E. Wardwell, and Morris Rossabi. W<em>hen 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. 5, pp. 34-37; fig. 1, p. 22; fig. 3, p. 24
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	Mackie, Louise W. <em>Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century</em>. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 36, 41-42, 66-67, fig. 2.28; Mentioned: P. 65
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	Corty, Axelle. "Mysterieuses Soieries d'Asie Central." <em>Connaissance des arts</em> 745 (Feb. 2016): 84-89.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 84-85
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	"Highlights from North American Collections." <em>IDP News: Newsletter of the International Dunhuang Project</em>, no. 49-50, Summer 2017, pp. 4-7.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 7, fig. 5
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	The Asian Art Newspaper. "The Splendor of Chinese Textiles: From the Silk Road to the Imperial Court." <em>The Asian Art Newspaper: Monthly for Collectors, Dealers, Museums and Galleries</em> 21, no. 6 (Summer 2018): 25.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 25
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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. 50,fig. 1
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	Blessing, Patricia, Elizabeth Dospěl Williams, and Eiren L. Shea. <em>Medieval Textiles Across Eurasia, C. 300-1400.</em> Cambridge, United Kingdom; New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2023.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 27; Reproduced: p. 28, fig. 26
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