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Plate with Zhou Maoshu Admiring Lotus Flowers

late 1600s

Japan, Edo period

(1615-1868)

Porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration

Diameter: 31 cm (12 3/16 in.); height: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.)

Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.246

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Description

Many artists typically applied the theme of the "four loves," which includes the lotus, to sliding-door paintings and screens. This plate borrows the motif from painting and applies it to the kakiemon type of multicolor porcelain, portraying the Chinese Song Neo-Confucian scholar Zhou Dunyi (also known as Zhou Maoshu) appreciating the lotus. Humorously, the Japanese potter depicted Zhou seemingly appreciating both the lotus and the young lady with a lotus on the boat.

Provenance

?–1958

(K. J. Hewett, London, England, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin, Cleveland)

1958–1964

Severance A. [1895–1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903–1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1964–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 153, no. 157

Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 52

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).

Japanese Decorative Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art (August 30-October 15, 1961); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (November 9-December 17, 1961).

The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).

The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011).

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Japan, Edo period

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