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Ancient Chinese Bronzes

Unknown artist, late 1800s

4.88 m × 2.2 m

Longer than a car. Stood on end it is 2.9 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 2.2 m
Width: 4.88 m
Medium: Ten-panel folding screen; embroidery, gold silk threads on black silk
Kind: Textile
Made in: Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: Each panel: 147.3 x 34.5 cm (58 x 13 9/16 in.)
Credit: Gift of the Honorable Joseph P. Carroll, KM, and Roberta Carroll, M.D., in recognition of the contribution of Marjorie Williams to the development of The Cleveland Museum of Art

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 4.88 m × 2.2 m. Longer than a car. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made late 1800s. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: Gift of the Honorable Joseph P. Carroll, KM, and Roberta Carroll, M.D., in recognition of the contribution of Marjorie Williams to the development of The Cleveland Museum of Art.
How was it made?: Ten-panel folding screen; embroidery, gold silk threads on black silk, made in Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910), Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910).
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.