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Pitcher (Gong) with Dragon and Bird-Headed Handle

1700s

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China, Qing dynasty

(1644-1911)

Pale greenish-white jade with brown markings

Overall: 25.4 cm (10 in.)

Bequest of Elizabeth B. Blossom 1972.251.a

Location

240B Chinese Decorative Arts

Provenance

?–1972

Mrs. Dudley S. [Elizabeth Bingham] Blossom [1881-1970], South Euclid, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1972–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Lee, Sherman E. "The Year in Review for 1972." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 60, no. 3 (1973): 63-115. Mentioned: pp. 114–115, no. 303 www.jstor.org

Chinese Jades, the Great Tradition: Exhibition Sponsored Jointly by Michigan Oriental Art Society and Cranbrook Institute of Science at Cranbrook Institute of Science ... Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Michigan: The Society, 1977. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 20, p. 13

Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan [National Palace Museum = 國立故宮博物院]. Hai wai yi zhen, Yuqi. [海外遺珎, 玉噐 = Chinese art in overseas collections, jade.] Zhonghua min guo Taibei Shi Shilin qu: Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan, 1986. Mentioned and Reproduced: pl. 160

Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973).

Chinese Jades: The Great Tradition. Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, MI (organizer) (September 10-October 31, 1977).