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Nov 27, 2019

Shoulder Piece for a Gigaku Costume in the Form of a Dragon Head

1200s to early 1300s

Japan, Kamakura period

(1185-1333)

Lacquered wood with color and gold

Overall: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)

Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1979.48

Location

not on view

Provenance

?-1979

(Setsu Gatodo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, ?-1979, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1979-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1979-present

Citations

Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1979.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 67, no. 3, 1980, pp. 58–99. Reproduced: fig. 135, pp. 88 and 99 www.jstor.org

Kathman, Barbara A. A Cleveland Bestiary. Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981. reproduced: p 23; Mentioned: p. 22, p. 61

Wilson, J. Keith. “Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 77, no. 8, 1990, pp. 286–323. Reproduced: p. 298, fig. 16, and p. 317, cat. no. 22 www.jstor.org

Wilson, J. Keith. “Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 77, no. 8, 1990, pp. 286–323.

1554906 www.jstor.org

Exhibition history

Year in Review 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 20-March 9, 1980).

Year in Review: 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).

A Cleveland Bestiary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 15-December 16, 1981).

Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 24-November 25, 1990).

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