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Collection Online as of March 28, 2023

Hariti Statuette

618–907

China, Tang dynasty

(618–907)

Ivory

Overall: 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.)

Gift of A. W. Bahr 1915.333

Location

not on view

Provenance
?-1915
Abel William Bahr [1877–1959], New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Ar
1915-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of the Inaugural Exhibition June 6-September 20, 1916. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1916. Mentioned: no. 131, p. 185 archive.org
Lee, Sherman E. “Two Early Chinese Ivories.” Artibus Asiae, vol. 16, no. 4, 1953, pp. 257–264. Reproduced: p. 259, figs. 1, 2 and 2a www.jstor.org
The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty; A Loan Exhibition Organized by the Los Angeles County Museum from Collections in America, the Orient, and Europe, January 8-February 17, 1957. Los Angeles, CA: The Los Angeles County Museum, 1957.
Jenyns, Soame, and William Watson. Chinese Art: The Minor Arts [Vol. 2]. London: Oldbourne, 1965. Mentioned and Reproduced: no. 111, p. 176
Exhibition history

Arts of the T'ang Dynasty. Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA (January 8-February 17, 1957).

Inaugural Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916).

The Madonna in Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 9, 1947-February 9, 1948).

Exhibition of the Month: The Mother Symbol. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 13, 1953-January 27, 1954).

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