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Shoulao (The God of Longevity)

c. 1580–1644
Overall: 32.4 cm (12 3/4 in.)
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1940
    James Parmelee [1855–1931], Cleveland, OH and Washington, DC, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1940–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Milliken, William M., Henry S. Francis, Howard Hollis, Gertrude Underhill, Silvia A. Wunderlich, and Nell G. Sill. “The Bequest of James Parmelee.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 28, no. 2 (February 1941): 15–31. www.jstor.org
    Watson, William. ed. Chinese Ivories: From the Shang to the Qing: an Exhibition. [London]: The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1984. no. 96, p. 95
    Little, Stephen. Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China: the Cleveland Museum of Art, February 10-April 10, 1988. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1988. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 13, pp. 41–42, p. 21, color pl. 13
  • Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-April 10, 1988).
    Chinese Ivories: from the Shang to the Qing. The British Museum, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (May 24-August 19, 1984).
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