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Collection Online as of December 13, 2025

Ivory Lid for Water Pot

1662–1722

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Qing dynasty

(1644-1911), Kangxi period (1662-1722)
ivory
Overall: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.)
Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.672.b
Location: 238 Chinese Ceramics
  • 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. 178; Mention: p. 74, cat. no. 178 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. Mentioned: p. 154, 157; Reproduced: p. 156. www.jstor.org
    Ball, Victoria Kloss. Architecture and Interior Design. New York: Wiley, 1980. Reproduced: vol. 1, pl. 14
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