The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of May 7, 2024
Carved Brackets
1600s
Overall: 10.2 cm (4 in.)
Bequest of Edgar A. Hahn 1972.282
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
In India ivory has been used to face wooden furniture for more than two thousand years.Description
Composite creatures with the body of a lion, tusks and trunk of an elephant, and horns of an antelope are standard elements of medieval Indian architecture and furniture. Traces of pigment indicate that these ivory furniture facings were brightly painted.- ?-1972Edgar A. Hahn [1882-1970], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art1972-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Stories From Storage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1972.282