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Ganesha

618–907

China, Tang dynasty

(618-907)

Gilt bronze

Overall: 9.7 x 7.6 x 6.4 cm (3 13/16 x 3 x 2 1/2 in.)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy B. Davenport 1959.253

Location

not on view

Provenance

?-before 1937

A. C. de Frey, Paris, sold to Adolf Kohl, Esq. before 1937

by 1937-?

Adolf Kohl, Esq., Mills College, Oakland, CA, by 1937

after 1937-1959

Mr. and Mrs. Leroy B. Davenport, Cleveland, OH, after 1937-1959, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art.

1959-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1959-present

Citations

Salmony, Alfred. "Two Representations of the Hindu Pantheon and their Origin." Journal of the Indian Society of Oriental Art Vol. 1, no. 2 (1933), pp. 85-88. Reproduced: p. 87

Exhibition of Chinese Art, The Art Gallery Mills College, October 12 to November 25, 1934. [Oakland, Calif.]: Mills College, 1934. Cat. No. 226

Chapin, H. B. Journal of the Indian Society of Oriental Art Vol. 3, no. 1 (1935) p. 51

Master Bronzes, Selected from Museums and Collections in America; February, 1937, the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York. [Buffalo, N.Y.]: [Burrow and Co.], 1937. Reproduced: cat. no. 34

The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty; A Loan Exhibition Organized by the Los Angeles County Museum from Collections in America, the Orient, and Europe, January 8-February 17, 1957. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum, 1957. Cat. No. 125

Exhibition history

The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty. Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA (January 8-February 17, 1957).

Master Bronzes Selected from Museums and Collections in America. The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY (February 1937).

Chinese Art. Mills College, Oakland, CA (October 12-November 25, 1934).

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