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Sunflower Bowl

1127–1279

China, Southern Song dynasty

(1127-1279)
glazed reddish-brown porcelain, Guan ware
Diameter: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.); Overall: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1957.66
Location: 238 Chinese Ceramics
  • Men-Chu Wang, probably Palace Collection. Seller's no. 29; (Frank Caro, New York)
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 851 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. 257 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. 257 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. 339 archive.org
    Kleinhenz, Henry J. “Porcelains for Imperial Use: The Sung Dynasty.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 65, no. 4 (April 1978): 135–150. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 145, fig. 10 www.jstor.org
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