The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of January 21, 2022

Bowl with Peonies

1662-1722

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi mark and reign

(1661-1722)

Porcelain with foreign color (yangcai) overglaze enamel decoration

Diameter: 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.); Overall: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.)

Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.198

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

This bowl was made at the Jingdezhen kilns and then decorated probably in the Imperial Palace workshops in Beijing.

Provenance
before 1928
Zhang Zuolin 張作霖 [1875-1928], Mukden [Shenyang], Manchuria
1933
(C. T. Loo, New York, NY)
1943
Xie Xuelian, New York, NY
?-1959
(Frank Caro [1904-1980], New York, NY, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)
1959-1964
Severance A. [1895-1985] and Greta Millikin [1903-1989], Cleveland, OH, 1959-1964, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1964-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1964-present
Exhibition history

Iranian Institute (1943).

The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1964.198