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Koro

1736–95

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China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign

(1736–95)

Jade

Overall: 17.6 cm (6 15/16 in.)

Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.619

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Qianglong mark on base

Provenance

?–1942

John L. Severance [1863–1936], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1942–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. Reproduced: p. [77], Plate XXXVI, cat. no. 213; Mention: p. 79, cat. no. 213 archive.org

Hollis, Howard. “Department of Oriental Art: Chinese Ceramics and Jades.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 29, no. 9 (November 1942): 150–157. www.jstor.org

Michigan Oriental Art Society, and Cranbrook Institute of Science. Chinese Jades, the Great Tradition: Exhibition Sponsored Jointly by Michigan Oriental Art Society and Cranbrook Institute of Science at Cranbrook Institute of Science ... Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Michigan: The Society, 1977. Reproduced: cat. no. 19, p. 12

Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan [National Palace Museum = 國立故宮博物院]. Hai wai yi zhen, Yuqi. [海外遺珎, 玉噐 = Chinese art in overseas collections, jade.] Zhonghua min guo Taibei Shi Shilin qu: Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan, 1986. Reroduced: pl. 113

Exhibition history

The Arts of China from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Mansfield Art Center, OH (February 27-April 10, 1983).

Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).

Chinese Jades: The Great Tradition. Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, MI (organizer) (September 10-October 31, 1977).