Collection Online as of June 10, 2023

Bowls with Floral Sprays

early 1700s

Part of a set. See all set records

Japan, Edo period

(1615-1868)

Two of a set of bowls; porcelain with overglaze color enamel (Hizen ware, Kakiemon type)

Diameter: 18.9 cm (7 7/16 in.); Overall: 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.)

Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1960.171

Location

not on view

Provenance

(Harry C. Nail, Jr. [1909-1990], Palo Alto, CA, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)

?-1960

Severance A. [1895-1985] and Greta Millikin [1903-1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1960-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Lee, Sherman E. Japanese Decorative Style. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1961. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 123; cat. no. 145 archive.org

Exhibition history

Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).

Japanese Decorative Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art (August 30-October 15, 1961); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (November 9-December 17, 1961).

The Porcelain Connection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 22-August 15, 1982).