Amulet in the Form of a Seated Figure with Bovine Head
c. 4700–2920 BC
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Amulet in the Form of a Seated Figure with Bovine Head, c. 4700–2920 BC. Northeast China, Neolithic period, probably Hongshan culture (4700-2920 BC). Jade (nephrite); overall: 13.2 cm (5 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Severance A. Millikin 1953.628 CMA daringly acquired this masterpiece without knowing exactly what it was. Only after Chinese archaeologists started excavating similar jades in Northeast China could it be attributed to the Hongshan culture.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Jade
- Formatted Medium
- jade (nephrite)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 13.2 cm (5 3/16 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1953.628
- Credit Line
- Gift of Severance A. Millikin
- Exhibitions
- Primitive to Contemporary Sculpture, Chinese Jade, Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture, Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions, Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 241A Arts of Ancient China
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