id:			161980
accession number:	2001.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2001.2
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:45.185000

Libation Cup, c. 235–185 BCE. India, Maurya period (322–185 BCE)–Shunga period (185–78 BCE). Bronze, lost wax technique; diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); overall: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 2001.2

title:				Libation Cup
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creation date:			c. 235–185 BCE
creation date earliest:		-299
creation date latest:		-100
current location:		242A Ancient India
creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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culture:	India, Maurya period (322–185 BCE)–Shunga period (185–78 BCE)
technique:	bronze, lost wax technique
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Indian Art - Maurya
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); Overall: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Bobhicitta, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-2001
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2001-
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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” April 4, 2001, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4381

	Czuma, Stanislaw. “Two Vessels from Ancient India,” <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> (December 2001): 6-7
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 7
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2001-10/page/n5

	“Art of Asia Acquired by North American Museums, 2000-2001.” <em>Archives of Asian Art</em>, vol. 53, 2002, pp. 111–125.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 8, p. 113
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/20111308

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