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Dog

狗

25–220 CE

China, Eastern Han dynasty

(AD 25-220)

Earthenware with lead glaze

Overall: 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1983.1

Location

241B Arts of Ancient China

Fun Fact

The dog's muzzle, whiskers, and neck scruff were boldly incised into the earthenware form.

Description

Modeled with a lively naturalism and light humor, this dog reflects the worldly tastes of Han China. It differs from the solemn animal images on ritual bronze vessels, which served as the medium for communication with the supernatural realms. The Han people held beliefs in a worldly paradise and an otherworldly realm of eternal life and happiness.

Provenance
by 1972–1982
Captain S. N. Ferris Luboshez, U.S.N. [1896–1984], consigned to sale at Sotheby's, New York
November 18, 1982
(Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, NY, November 18, 1982, lot no. 29)
1982–1983
(J. E. Eskenazi, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1983–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
McNamee, Harriet. Chinese Art from the Ferris Luboshez Collection. [Exhibition Held at] University of Maryland Art Gallery, March 23 - April 30, 1972. College Park: University of Maryland Dept. of Art, 1972. Mentioned: cat. 50, p. 54; Reproduced: fig. 4, p. 16
Sotheby's, New York. Important Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Works of Art: the Collection of Captain S.N. Ferris Luboshez, USN (Ret'd). 18 November 1982. Lot 29. Mentioned and Reproduced: Lot 29
Turner, Evan H. “Year in Review for 1983.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 71, no. 2 (February 1984): 38–79. Reproduced: no. 246, p. 66; Mentioned: no. 246, p. 77 www.jstor.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. 13 archive.org
Exhibition history

Chinese Art from the Ferris Luboshez Collection. University of Maryland Art Gallery, College Park, MD (March 23-April 30, 1972).

The Year in Review for 1983. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).

Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1994).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1983.1