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Pair of Bowls with Eight Immortals

1662–1722

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China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi reign

(1662-1722)

Porcelain with famille verte overglaze enamel decoration

Diameter: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.); Diameter of mouth: 22.4 cm (8 13/16 in.)

Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.304

Location

not on view

Provenance

at least by 1915

Sidney Ernest Kennedy [1855–1933], London, England

?–1956

Allen J. Mercher [d. by 1956], Great Neck, Long Island, NY

1956

(Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, November 1, 1956 sale, no. 126)

1956–1967

Winston Frederick Churchill Guest [1906–1982], New York

1967

(Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, NY, December 2, 1967 sale, no. 89)

1967–1968

(J. J. Klejman, New York, NY, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)

1968–1985

Severance A. [1895–1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903–1989], Cleveland, OH

1985–1989

Greta Millikin [1903–1989], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1989-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Hobson, R. L. Chinese Pottery and Porcelain: An Account of the Potter's Art in China from Primitive Times to the Present Day. New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1915. Mentioned and Reproduced: vol. 2 Ming and Ch`ing porcelain, pl. 113, fig. 2

Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, NY. Important K'ang Hsi Porcelains; Imperial Yung Chêng Wares. November 1,1956 sale. Reproduced: lot no. 126 catalog.hathitrust.org

Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, NY. Highly Important Eighteenth Century Chinese Porcelain & French Furniture. December 2, 1967. lot no. 89

Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990. Mentioned: p. 73, no. 68

Exhibition history

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

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Pair of Bowls with Eight Immortals

Pair of Bowls with Eight Immortals

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi reign

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