The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 27, 2023

Buckle

1900s

China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) or Republican period

(1912-49)

White jade

Overall: 5.8 x 10.8 cm (2 5/16 x 4 1/4 in.)

Bequest of Cornelia Blakemore Warner 1947.617

Location

not on view

Description

The jade buckle is perforated to represent two butterflies, scroll patterns, and coins.

Provenance
?-1947
Mrs. Worcester R. [Cornelia Blakemore] Warner [1859-1947], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1947-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Hollis, Howard C. “Bequest of Cornelia B. Warner.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 35, no. 6 (1948): 106–111. www.jstor.org
Exhibition history

Facing the Ancestors: Chinese Portraits and Figure Painting – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 12, 2019-February 2, 2020).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1947.617