Collection Online as of June 5, 2023

Bowl with Birds and Flowers

1644–61

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), "Transitional Period," Shunzi period

(1644-61)

Porcelain with incised and sancai (3-color) enamel decoration

Diameter: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.); Overall: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.)

Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.227

Location

not on view

Description

This porcelain bowl is considered to have been made in the "Transitional period," a term used to define the period between about 1620 and 1683 when official kilns in Jingdezhen were no longer under imperial supervision due to the transition from the Ming to the Qing dynasties.

Provenance

?-1964

(J. T. Tai, New York, NY, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)

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

Citations

Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990. Mentioned: cat. no. 65

Exhibition history

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