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Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Buckle

Buckle

1900s
(1644-1911) or Republican period (1912-49)
white jade
Overall: 5.8 x 10.8 cm (2 5/16 x 4 1/4 in.)
Bequest of Cornelia Blakemore Warner 1947.617
Location: not on view

Description

The jade buckle is perforated to represent two butterflies, scroll patterns, and coins.
  • ?-1947
    Mrs. Worcester R. [Cornelia Blakemore] Warner [1859-1947], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1947-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Hollis, Howard C. “Bequest of Cornelia B. Warner.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 35, no. 6 (1948): 106–111. www.jstor.org
  • Facing the Ancestors: Chinese Portraits and Figure Painting – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 12, 2019-February 2, 2020).
  • {{cite web|title=Buckle|url=false|author=|year=1900s|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1947.617