The Cleveland Museum of Art

• Provenance
  late 1916–1918

  (Acquired by Langdon Warner in Korea, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

  1918-

  The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
• Citations
  Fales, William E. S. "Chinese Armor." The Collector 3, no. 18 (1892). (In Trumble, Alfred. The Collector. New York City: Alfred Trumble, 1889.) p. 285 www.jstor.org

  advertisement for Chinese works of art at the Kleykamp Galleries, New York, showing Chinese ceremonial armor being worn. The Antiquarian. New York: Antiquarian Publishing Co., Vol. IX, no. 3 (October 1927) p. 55

  Grancsay, Stephen V. "The George C. Stone Bequest: Chinese and Malayan Arms and Armor." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 32, no. 6 (1937). pp. 143–148 www.jstor.org

  Bullock, Randolph. "Oriental Arms and Armor." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 5, no. 6 (1947). pp. 169–171 www.jstor.org

  Nickel, Helmut. Warriors and Worthies; Arms and Armor Through the Ages. New York: Atheneum, 1969. pp. 97–98

  Dien, Albert E. "A Study of Early Chinese Armor." Artibus Asiae 43, no. 1/2 (1981). pp. 5–66 www.jstor.org

  Pang, Mae Anna. Dragon Emperor: Treasures from the Forbidden City. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 1988. pp. 54–65

  Jacobsen, Robert D. Imperial Silks of the Chʻing Dynasty. Minneapolis, Minn: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1991. figs. 20–22, pp. 341–349

  Garrett, Valery M. Chinese Clothing: An Illustrated Guide. Hong Kong: Oxford University Press, 1994. pp. 119–130, Plates 56 and 57

  Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, and Liaoning Sheng bo wu guan. Jin xiu luo yi qiao tian gong 錦繡羅衣巧天工 [Heavens' embroidered cloths: one thousand years of Chinese textiles]. Hong Kong: Urban Council, 1995. pp. 238–239

  Schlombs, Adele, and Sybille Girmond. Meisterwerke aus China, Korea und Japan: Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst Köln. München: Prestel, 1995. pp. 102–105

  La Cité interdite: vie publique et privée des empereurs de Chine (1644-1911): les Musées de la ville de Paris, Musée du Petit Palais, 9 novembre 1996-23 février 1997. Paris: Paris musées, 1996. pp. 130–144

  Dickinson, Gary, and Linda Wrigglesworth. Imperial Wardrobe. Berkeley, Calif: Ten Speed Press, 2000. pp. 20–26

  Jacobsen, Robert D., Evan M. Maurer, Robert Fogt, and Gary Mortensen. Imperial Silks: Ch'ing Dynasty Textiles in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. 2000. pp. 341–349

  Yang, Xin, Chengru Zhu, and Peter Keller. Secret world of the Forbidden City: splendors from China's Imperial Palace. Santa Ana, CA: The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, 2000. pp. 27–28, 87–92

  Vollmer, John. Ruling from the Dragon Throne: Costume of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2002. pp. 85–88

  Christie's Hong Kong. The imperial sale, fine Chinese ceramics and works of art. April 29, 2002. p. 149, Lot no. 587

  Wang, Fang, Zhang Xuguang, and Wang Yumli. "The conservation of the Qianlong military review armour." Palace Museum Journal 故宮博物院院刊, 2002, no. 5. pp. 89–92

  Sotheby's, London. Fine Chinese ceramics: including export art. November 13, 2002 sale. p. 17, Lot no. 17

  Vollmer, John, Thierry Prat, and Richard Sheppard. Silks for Thrones and Altars: Chinese Costumes and Textiles: from the Liao Through the Qing Dynasty. Paris: Myrna Myers, 2003.

  Ho, Chuimei, and Bennet Bronson. Splendors of China's Forbidden City: The Glorious Reign of Emperor Qianlong. London: Merrell, 2004. pp. 110–119

  Xu, Qixian 徐啟憲. Gong ting zhen bao 宮廷珍寶. Hong Kong: Shang wu yin shu guan 商務印書館, 2004.

  Lemon, Jane. Metal Thread Embroidery. London: Batsford, 2004. p. 15

  Sotheby's, New York. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art: Including Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Robert & Molly Hsieh. March 23, 2004 sale. p. 173, Lot no. 554

  Rawski, Evelyn Sakakida, and Jessica Rawson. China: The Three Emperors, 1662-1795. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2005. pp. 156–167, 404

  Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art. New York: Christie's, March 29, 2006. pp. 82–83, Lot no. 282

  Sotheby's, Hong Kong. Qianlong: sovereign, warrior, patron. April 10, 2006 sale. pp. 130–135, Lot no. 1539

  Sotheby's, London. Fine Chinese ceramics and works of art. November 7, 2007. pp. 284–285, Lot no. 487

  Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. The Imperial Wardrobe: Fine Chinese Costume and Textiles from the Linda Wrigglesworth Collection. New York: Christie, Manson & Woods International, March 19, 2008. pp. 80–81, Lot no. 40

  Sotheby's, Hong Kong. Legacies of the imperial power: treasures from the imperial collection. October 8, 2008 sale. pp. 78–83, Lot no. 2206

  Bonhams & Butterfields. Fine Asian Works of Art. San Francisco: Bonhams & Butterfields, June 29, 2009. Lot no. 8124

  Wilson, Ming. Imperial Chinese Robes: From the Forbidden City. London: V & A Pub, 2010. pp. 61–65

  Bonhams & Butterfields. Fine Asian Works of Art. San Francisco: Bonhams & Butterfields, December 13, 2010. p. 21, Lot no. 5024

  Sotheby's, London. Fine Chinese ceramics and works of art. May 11, 2011 sale. p. 190, Lot no. 250

  Christie's South Kensington, Ltd. Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Textiles. London: Christie's South Kensington, Ltd, November 9, 2012. p. 23, Lot no. 1045

  Moll-Murata, Christine, and Ulrich Theobald. "Military Employment in Qing Dynasty China." In Fighting for a Living: A Comparative Study of Military Labour 1500-2000, edited by Zürcher Erik-Jan. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2013. pp. 353–392 www.jstor.org

  Robinson, H. Russell. Oriental Armor. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2002. pp. 126–166

  Bonhams. Fine Chinese Works of Art. San Francisco: Bonhams, December 17, 2013. pp. 124–125, Lot no. 8252

  Li, Jian, Li He, Hou-mei Sung, and Ma Shengnan. Forbidden city: imperial treasures from the Palace Museum, Beijing. Richmond, VA: VMFA Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2014. pp. 48–49, 54–55

  Crick, Monique, ed. Chine Impériale: Splendeurs de La Dynastie Qing (1644-1911). Milan, Genève: 5 continents; Fondation Baur, museé des arts d’Extrême-Orient, 2014. p. 68-71

  Bonhams. Fine Chinese Works of Art. San Francisco: Bonhams, June 24, 2014. pp. 92–93, Lot no. 8155 and 8157

  Bonhams. Fine Chinese Works of Art. San Francisco: Bonhams, June 24, 2014. pp. 94–95, Lot no. 8157

  Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc. Fine Chinese ceramics and works of art. New York, September 14–15, 2017. pp. 60–63, Lot no. 939

  Feng, Linying 冯林英. Qing dai gong ting fu shi 清代宮廷服饰. Beijing: Xueyuan Publishing House 學苑出版社, 2019. pp. 110–124

  Garrett, Valery M. Chinese Dress: From the Qing Dynasty to the Present Day. Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, 2019. pp. 26–31, 34

  Dien, Albert E. and Keith N. Knapp, ed. The Cambridge History of China, Volume 2: The Six Dynasties, 220-589. Cambridge University Press, 2019. In Twitchett, Denis Crispin, and John King Fairbank. The Cambridge History of China. Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University Press, 1978.

  La Rocca, Donald J. "Asian Arms and Armour at the Met." Arts of Asia v. 49, no. 2 (March-April 2019): 58–69.

  Christie, Manson & Woods, London. Fine Chinese ceramics and works of art. May 14, 2019. p. 142, Lot no. 186

  Christie, Manson & Woods, London. Fine Chinese ceramics and works of art. May 14, 2019. p. 143, Lot no. 187

  Ludueña, Sara. Late Nineteenth Century Chinese Ceremonial Armor: Context, Conservation and Mounting for Display. MA thesis, SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology, 2020. Mentioned and Reproduced
• Exhibition History
  Korean Pottery, a Few Textiles, and Paintings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 31-October 3, 1921).
• Cite this Page
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