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Dice Bowl

Dice Bowl

1426–35
(1368-1644), Xuande mark and period (1426-1435)
porcelain with mottled blue glaze
Diameter: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.); Overall: 11.6 cm (4 9/16 in.)
Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.287
Location: 238 Chinese Ceramics

Description

The Chinese connoisseurs use the poetic term "snowflake blue" to describe the mottling effects of white blotches amid tones of blue colored with cobalt oxide. Such aesthetic effects were achieved by blowing the glaze through a bamboo tube onto the ceramic surfaces.
  • May 16, 1967
    (Sotheby's London, England, May 16, 1967 sale, lot no. 95, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)
    1967–1989
    Severance A. [1895–1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903–1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1989–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990. cat. no. 46
  • The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).
  • {{cite web|title=Dice Bowl|url=false|author=|year=1426–35|access-date=24 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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