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Pair of Bottles with Peach Bloom Glaze

Pair of Bottles with Peach Bloom Glaze

1662–1722
(1644-1911), Kangxi reign (1661-1722)
porcelain
Overall: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.); Part 2: 15.3 cm (6 in.)
Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.670
Location: not on view

Description

The "peach-bloom" glaze developed during the Kangxi era has also been described as "drunken with beauty." Technical achievements were transcended with aesthetic associations, revealing the greatest sensitivity to all things beautiful in nature.
  • Judge Elbert H. Gary [1846-1927]
    ?-1942
    John L. Severance [1863-1936], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1942-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. [Cleveland, OH]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. Reproduced: p. [68], Plate XXXIII, cat. no. 181-182; Mention: p. 74, cat. no. 181-182 archive.org
    Hollis, Howard. "Department of Oriental Arts: Chinese Ceramics and Jades." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 29, no. 9 (November 1942): 150–157. Reproduced: p. 156 www.jstor.org
  • Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).
  • {{cite web|title=Pair of Bottles with Peach Bloom Glaze|url=false|author=|year=1662–1722|access-date=14 December 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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