The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
Gourd Flask with Floral Scrolls
1723–35
(1644-1911), Yongzheng mark and period (1723-1735)
Overall: 49.2 x 35.5 cm (19 3/8 x 14 in.)
Location: 238 Chinese Ceramics
Description
This large blue-and-white pilgrim–shaped vase was fashioned from fine kaolinic porcelain at the imperial kilns at Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province.The body of the vase is of quatrefoil shape merging into a highly similar shaped neck, flanked by two scroll handles. The base is of oval quatrefoil form. The vase is decorated with lotus and other flowers, leaves, and scrolling tendrils in brilliant underglaze cobalt blue beneath a pellucid glaze. The underfoot bears an imperial mark.
- ?–1964(Ralph Chait, New York, NY, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)1964Severance A. [1895–1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903–1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art1964–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990. cat. no. 61
- The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1964.226