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Belt Hook (Daigou) in the Form of a Buffalo or Elephant Head

c. 481–400 BC

China, Eastern Zhou dynasty (771-256 BC), Warring States period

(475-221 BC)

Bronze with silver inlay

Overall: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)

Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund 1965.29

Location

not on view

Provenance

?–1965

Robert Griffing, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1965–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 52, no. 9 (November 1965): 124–157. Mentioned: no. 77, p. 154 www.jstor.org

Wilson, J. Keith, and Anne E. Wardwell. “New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland’s Recent Chinese Acquisitions.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 8 (October 1994): 270–347. Mentioned: cat. no. 15, p. 346 www.jstor.org

Exhibition history

Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).

Year in Review: 1965. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27-November 14, 1965).

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

China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023).

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Belt Hook (Daigou) in the Form of a Buffalo or Elephant Head

China, Eastern Zhou dynasty (771-256 BC), Warring States period

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