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Collection Online as of March 20, 2023

Gong-shaped Brush Washer

1662–1722

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

(1662-1722)

Porcelain

Diameter of mouth: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); Overall: 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in.)

Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection 1944.166

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

大清康熙年製

Inscription Translation

Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi (Made in the Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign)

Provenance
?–1944
Mrs. Francis F. [Elisabeth Severance Allen] Prentiss [1865–1944], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1944–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Catalogue of the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss collection : bequest of Elisabeth Severance Prentiss, 1944. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944. Mentioned: p. 81 archive.org
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1944.166