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Chariot Canopy Shaft

202 BC- 9

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

Fun Fact

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

Citations

Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1992." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (1993): 38-79. Reproduced: p. 44; Mentioned: 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 (1994): 270-347. Reproduced: p. 283; Mentioned: p. 281-286, 346 www.jstor.org

Exhibition history

CMA 1993: "Selected Acquisitions," Bull., 80 (Feb. 1993), no. 417, repr. p. 44

CMA 1994: Asian Autumn: "New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions," cat., Bull., vol. 81, no. 8 (Oct. 1994) cat. no. 10, p. 346, pp. 281-286, repr. p. 283

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

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China, Western Han dynasty

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