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Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Cylindrical Container with Cover (Lian)
100 BCE–100 CE
(202 BCE–220 CE)
Diameter: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.); Overall: 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1972.44.b
Location: 241B Arts of Ancient China
Description
This magnificent gilded bronze vessel with openwork decoration shows all kinds of fabulous creatures, real and imaginary, chasing each other among swirling scrolls. There is an emphasis on the unbroken rhythms of movement, rather than the ferocity of animals in combat. Cylindrical bronze vessels in this shape, called lian, were often used as cosmetic boxes.- ?–1972(Robert H. Ellsworth, Ltd., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1972–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1972.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 60, no. 3, 1973, pp. 63–115. Mentioned: p. 115, no. 309 www.jstor.orgThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 333 archive.org
- Dayton Art Institute, "Chinese Gold and Silver from the T'ang Dynasty from American Collections," Showings: 11/3/1984-1/6/1985, Dayton; 2/5/1985-4/21/1985, Cooper Hewitt, NYCMA 1973: "Year in Review 1972," Bull., LX (March 1973), p. 115, cat. #309, repr. p. 95
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