id:			160882
accession number:	1999.170
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.170
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:39.126000

Haniwa in the Form of a Shield, c. 500. Japan, Kofun period (c. 300–538 CE). Earthenware with applied, cut, and incised designs and red slip; overall: 120 x 48.7 x 18 cm (47 1/4 x 19 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1999.170

title:				Haniwa in the Form of a Shield
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creation date:			c. 500
creation date earliest:		450
creation date latest:		550
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creditline:			The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	Japan, Kofun period (c. 300–538 CE)
technique:	Earthenware with applied, cut, and incised designs and red slip
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 120 x 48.7 x 18 cm (47 1/4 x 19 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Gallery One 2012
	opening date:   2012-12-12T05:00:00
	<i>Gallery One 2012</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017).

	title:		Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation
	opening date:   2019-01-07T05:00:00
	<i>Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 7-July 8, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	The Kelvin Smith Collection, Cleveland, OH, given by Mrs. Kelvin [Eleanor Armstrong] Smith [1899-1998] to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1999
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1999-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Mrs. Paul Wurzburger Donates Major Calder Mobile to Cleveland Museum of Art, Korean Painting, Japanese Ceramic, Italian Drawing and other Works Acquired” September 8, 1999, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4281

	Longhi, Leighton R. <em>Leighton R. Longhi: Forty-Five Years in Asian Art</em>. [New York, N.Y.]: Leighton R. Longhi, 2019.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 341, fig. 348
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