The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 24, 2022

Monster Caryatid

鬼神

late 500s

China, from Xiangtangshan, Six Dynasties period (317-581), Northern Qi dynasty

(550-577)

Stone

Overall: 28 x 40 cm (11 x 15 3/4 in.)

Anonymous Gift 1957.357

Location

not on view

Provenance
?–1957
J. [James] Byers Hays [1891–1968] and Charlotte M. Hunter Hays [1896–1986], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1957–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Weisberg, Gabriel P. and H. W. Janson. Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975. cat. no. 100
Watson, William. L'art de l'ancienne Chine. Paris: Mazenod, 1979. Mentioned and Reproduced: pl. 388, p. 415
Exhibition history

The Arts of China from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH (February 27–April 10, 1983).

Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 24-November 16, 1975).

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