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Bowl with Peonies

Bowl with Peonies

1662–1722
(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

Did You Know?

In East Asian art, peonies traditionally symbolize prosperity and wealth.

Description

This bowl was made at the Jingdezhen kilns and then decorated probably in the Imperial Palace workshops in Beijing.
  • 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, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1964–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).
    Iranian Institute (1943).
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Source URL:

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