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Chariot Canopy Shaft

202 BCE–9 CE

China, Western Han dynasty

(202 BC-AD 9)

Bronze inlaid with silver

Overall: 42.4 cm (16 11/16 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1992.233

Location

241A Arts of Ancient China

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This bronze object decorated with inlaid silver was part of the structure that held a canopy aloft on a chariot.

Provenance

?–1992

(J. E. Eskenazi, Ltd.. London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1992–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1992." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (February 1993): 38–79. Reproduced: no. 417, p. 44; Mentioned: no. 417, p. 44, 78 www.jstor.org

Wilson, J. Keith, and Anne E. Wardwell. "New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 8 (October 1994): 270–347. Reproduced: no. 10, p. 283; Mentioned: no. 10, pp. 281–286, 346 www.jstor.org

Exhibition history

Selected Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 9-April 11, 1993).

Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1994).

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China, Western Han dynasty

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