Crane

Cleveland Museum of Art

Crane

Date
early to mid-1900s
Medium
bronze
Culture
Japan, Taishō period (1912–26) to Shōwa period (1926–89)
Department
Japanese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
125668

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This crane stands in water swirling around its feet, suggesting that it may have been intended for an interior setting without real water. Cranes symbolize longevity in East Asia, where they are said to live a thousand years. Representations of cranes are found across the centuries in cast metal form in Japanese religious settings. They are depicted as surface motifs on sacred objects, such as ritual mirrors, or as crane-shaped ornaments or incense burners. In the modern era, metal animals were made as sculptural works of art or as decorative objects for gardens.

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Credit line
Bequest of Cornelia Blakemore Warner
Provenance
?–1947: Mrs. Worcester R. (Cornelia Blakemore) Warner [1858–1947], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1947–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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