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Plaque with Openwork Interlaced Dragons and Birds

475–221 BC

China, Warring States period

(475-221 BC)

Jade (nephrite)

Overall: 4.8 x 7.5 cm (1 7/8 x 2 15/16 in.)

Anonymous Gift 1952.584

Location

241A Arts of Ancient China

Provenance
?–1952
C.T. Loo 盧芹齋 [1880–1957], New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art by exchange
1952–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
An Exhibition of Chinese Archaic Jades: Arranged for Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, January 20 to March 1, 1950. New York: C.T. Loo, Inc, 1950. Reproduced: pl. LI, no. 2
Lee, Sherman E. “Chinese Carved Jades.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 41, no. 4 (1954): 67–71. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 67 www.jstor.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 804 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 246 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 246 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 326 archive.org
Exhibition history

An Exhibition of Chinese Archaic Jades. Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, FL (January 20-March 1, 1950).

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