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Collection Online as of May 23, 2022

Bowl

1662-1722

China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi reign

(1661-1722)

Porcelain

Overall: 45.2 cm (17 13/16 in.)

Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.962

Location

not on view

Description

The apocryphal inscription in a double circle on the base reads "made in the Ming dynasty, Jiajing period," but the bowl was made during the reign of the Qing emperor Kangxi.

Inscriptions

Inscription

大明嘉靖年製

Inscription Translation

Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi

Inscription Remark

Apocryphal inscription reading "made in the Ming dynasty, Jiajing period."

Provenance
?–1940
James Parmelee [1855-1931] bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1940–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history

A Study Exhibition of Chinese Textiles of the Ming and Ch'ing Periods. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 1947-October 9, 1948).

Chinese Ceramics. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 3-June 4, 1967).

Chinese Textiles and Ceramics. Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 13-May 9, 1975).

The View from Afar: Whistler and the Japanese Print. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 9-October 16, 1988).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.962