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Nov 9, 2018

Wrist-Rest with Crayfish and Water Plants

1700s

China, Qing dynasty

(1644-1911)

Ivory and polychrome pigment

Overall: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.)

Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1977.9

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Inside: Seal of Hsiang Yuan-pien; Reverse: Engraved poem by Wen P'eng (1498-1573)

Provenance

?–1964

Sir Percival David [1892–1964], London, England, by descent to his wife Lady David

1964–1976?

Lady Sheila Jane Yorke Hardy David [1914–?], London, England

14 December 1976

(Sotheby's, London, 14 December, 1976, lot 201, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1977–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Can jia Lundun Zhongguo yi shu guo ji zhan lan hui chu pin tu shuo [Illustrated catalogue of Chinese government exhibits for the International Exhibition of Chinese Art in London = 參加倫敦中國藝術國際展覽會出品圖說]. Shanghai: Shang wu yin shu guan, 1936. #2947

The Arts of the Ming Dynasty; An Exhibition Organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Oriental Ceramic Society, November 15th to December 14th, 1957 at the Arts Council Gallery. London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1958. no. 366

Sotheby's London. Early Chinese Ceramics; Sung, Ming and Ch'ing Wares; Lacquer; Works of Art. December 14, 1976. Lot 201.

Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1977.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 65, no. 1, 1978, pp. 2–42. Mentioned: p. 43, cat. no. 155 www.jstor.org

Chinese Ivories: From the Shang to the Qing: an Exhibition organized by the Oriental Ceramic Society jointly with the British Museum, 24 May to 19 August 1984 in Oriental Gallery II. [London]: The Society, 1984. Reproduced: cat. no. 152, p. 139

Exhibition history

Chinese Painting: Themes and Techniques. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 7-March 29, 1981). Reproduced: cat. fig. 48, p. 66.

International Exhibition of Chinese Art. Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (1935-1936).

The Arts of the Ming Dynasty. Arts Council Gallery, The Arts Council of Great Britain and the Oriental Ceramic Society. London, UK (November 15-December 14, 1957).

Chinese Ivories from the Shang to the Qing. The British Museum, London, UK, organized by the Oriental Ceramic Society (May 24-August 19, 1984).

Year in Review: 1977. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978).

Chinese Paintings: Themes and Techniques. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 7-April 5, 1981).

Chinese Ivories: from the Shang to the Qing. The British Museum, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (May 24-August 19, 1984).

Autumn Grasses: Arts of the Momoyama Period (1573-1615). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 4-December 11, 1988).

Scholar's Studio. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-December 17, 1989).

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