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Collection Online as of December 25, 2025

Dish with Two Men Playing Go

1700s

Japan, Edo period

(1615–1868)
porcelain, molded, with overglaze color enamel (Hizen ware, Imari style)
Overall: 2.4 x 13.8 cm (15/16 x 5 7/16 in.)
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.260
Location: Not on view

Description

This modest serving dish is decorated with two figures playing chess, or go in Japanese. The green color is typical of kutani porcelain. This dish was produced for the export market after Japan replaced China as Europe’s primary source for export porcelain.
  • ?–1960
    (K. J. Hewett, London, England, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)
    1960–1964
    Severance A. [1895–1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903–1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1964–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 23, no. 11
  • The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011).
    The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).
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