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Vase with Chi-Dragon Handles and Flowers and Birds

Vase with Chi-Dragon Handles and Flowers and Birds

1736–95
(1644-1911), Qianlong mark and period (1736-95)
porcelain painted in polychrome enamels over transparent glaze
Overall: 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.)
Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.712
Location: 238 Chinese Ceramics

Description

This four-sided vase with ovoid body, spreading foot, and short neck is decorated with birds, trees, and flowers in various enamels. The two dragon handles are decorated with floral designs in gold on a rouge-de-fer ground.
  • ?-1913
    George Reynolds Davies, Esq. [1843 or 44-1918], Hartford, Cheshire, England, sold to Gorer
    1913-?
    Edgar Ezekiel Gorer [1872-1915], London, England
    ?-1942
    John L. Severance [1863-1936], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1942-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    Provenance Footnotes
    1 Edgar Ezekiel Gorer (1872-1915) was an interior decorator and dealer in 'Oriental' works of art based at 170 New Bond Street, London. He started in business with his father, Solomon Lewis Gorer (1842-1907), so at various times the company was called Messrs. S. Gorer & Son or the Indo-China Curio Trading Company. Edgar Gorer died in the sinking of the Cunard liner RMS Lusitania off the coast of Ireland by a German submarine.
  • Gorer, Edgar, and J. F. Blacker. Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones. London: B. Quaritch, 1911. Mentioned and Reproduced: Vol. II, pl. 226
    Davies, George R. Collection of Old Chinese Porcelains Formed by George R. Davies. London: Printed by G.W. Jones, at the sign of the Dolphin, 1913. Mentioned: cat. no. 37, p. 15; Reproduced: plate III, facing p. 14 archive.org
    “Chinese Porcelain in the Davies Collection.” The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, vol. 23, no. 123, 1913, pp. 162–167. www.jstor.org
    Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. Mentioned: p. 76, cat. no. 204 archive.org
    Hollis, Howard. “Department of Oriental Art: Chinese Ceramics and Jades.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 29, no. 9, 1942, pp. 150–157. 25141018
    Zauhō Kankōkai 座右寶刋行會. Sekai tōji zenshū [Catalogue of World's Ceramics = 世界陶磁全集]. Vol. 12. 清朝篇・附安南. タイQing Dynasty, Annam, Thailand. Tōkyō: Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 1955. p. 180, fig. 34
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 889 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 271 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 271 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 360 archive.org
  • Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).
    Collection of Old Chinese Porcelains formed by George R. Davies, Esq. Dreicer & Co., New York, NY (Autumn 1913).
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