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Plate with Grapes and Floral Sprays

1403–25

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Yongle period

(1403-24)

Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration

Diameter: 43.2 cm (17 in.); Overall: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.)

Anonymous Gift 1953.127

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238 Chinese Ceramics

Description

This large platter with grape and floral decoration, which is different from the small stem cups decorated with dragons nearby, was made primarily for export to southeastern and western Asia. However, a similar example bearing the Xuande reign mark has also been excavated from the Ming imperial kilns at Jingdezhen.

Provenance

?-1953

(Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1953-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Garner, Harry Mason. Oriental Blue and White. London: Faber and Faber, 1954. Reproduced: pl. 14, p. 18

Zauhō Kankōkai 座右寶刋行會. Sekai tōji zenshū [Catalogue of World's Ceramics = 世界陶磁全集]. Vol. 2. Nara, Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi hen 奈良. 平安. 鎌倉. 室町篇. Tōkyō: Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 1955. Reproduced: pl. 56

Lee, Sherman E. “Early Ming Blue and White Porcelains.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 42, no. 2, 1955, pp. 27–31. Reproduced: p. 28 www.jstor.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 863 archive.org

Mayuyama, Junkichi. Chinese Ceramics in the West: Compendium of Chinese Ceramic Masterpieces in European and American Collection. Tokyo: Mayuyama & Co, 1960. Reproduced: pl. 92

Lee, Sherman E. A History of Far Eastern Art. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1964. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 417, fig. no. 554

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 266 archive.org

Selected Works: Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967. Reproduced: pl. 66

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 266 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 353 archive.org

Neils, Jenifer. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. cat. no. 124

Exhibition history

The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 30-September 5, 1982).

East-West in Art. Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN.

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Plate with Grapes and Floral Sprays

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Yongle period

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