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Fluted Ring with Dragon Head (Huan)

475–221 BC

China, Warring States period

(475-221 BC)

Jade (nephrite)

Overall: 9.1 cm (3 9/16 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1985.75

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241A Arts of Ancient China

Citations

Wilson, J. Keith. "Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 77, no. 8 (1990): 286-323. Reproduced: cat. no. 8, p. 314 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. 9 archive.org

Exhibition history

Eskenazi: Twenty five years (sale cat., Foxglove House, 12 June-12 July 1985), no. 16

CMA 1990: "Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia," Bull. 77 (October 1990), cat. 8, p. 314, repr. p. 314

CMA Handbook (1991) p. 9

CMA 1994: Asian Autumn: "New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions," cat., Bull., vol. 81, no. 8 (Oct. 1994) cat. no. 17, p. 346

Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 24-November 25, 1990).

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

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