The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 1, 2023

Buckle

1900s

China

Brass

Overall: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)

Bequest of Cornelia Blakemore Warner 1947.628

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

日, 月

Inscription Translation

Sun, moon

Inscription Remark

The characters for sun and moon are enclosed in circles on the upper left and right, respectively, of the buckle.

Provenance
?–1947
Mrs. Worcester R. [Cornelia Blakemore] Warner [1858–1947], Cleveland, OH, given 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 (June 1948): 106–111. www.jstor.org
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1947.628