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Lotus-Seed Bowl with Petals and Arabesques

1403–24

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty

(1368-1644), Yongle period (1403-1424)
porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
Diameter: 10.2 cm (4 in.); Overall: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1953.15
Location: 238 Chinese Ceramics
  • ?–1953
    (Mathias Komor [1909–1984], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1953–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Lee, Sherman. "Early Ming Blue and White Porcelains." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 42, no. 2 (February 1955): 27–31. Reproduced: p. 27; Mentioned: p. 29 www.jstor.org
    Fujioka, Ryōichi 藤岡了一. Gen Min-Sho No Sometsuki 元明初の染付. Tōki zenshū vol. 11. Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1960. vol. 11, p. 46
  • Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Ceramics. The Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC (March 15-May 5, 1986).
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