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Shoulder Piece for a Gigaku Costume in the Form of a Dragon Head

1200s to early 1300s

Japan, Kamakura period

(1185-1333)

Lacquered wood with color and gold

Overall: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)

Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1979.48

Location

not on view

Provenance
?-1979
(Setsu Gatodo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, ?-1979, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1979-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1979-present
Citations
Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1979.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 67, no. 3, 1980, pp. 58–99. Reproduced: fig. 135, pp. 88 and 99 www.jstor.org
Kathman, Barbara A. A Cleveland Bestiary. Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981. reproduced: p 23; Mentioned: p. 22, p. 61
Wilson, J. Keith. “Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 77, no. 8, 1990, pp. 286–323. Reproduced: p. 298, fig. 16, and p. 317, cat. no. 22 www.jstor.org
Wilson, J. Keith. “Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 77, no. 8, 1990, pp. 286–323.
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Exhibition history

Year in Review 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 20-March 9, 1980).

Year in Review: 1979. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-March 9, 1980).

A Cleveland Bestiary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 15-December 16, 1981).

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

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1979.48