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Bowl with Lily Scrolls

1465–87

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty

(1368–1644), Chenghua mark and period (1465–87)
porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
Diameter: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.); Overall: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.)
Gift of John D. Rockefeller III, and purchase, John L. Severance Fund 1967.64
Location: 238 Chinese Ceramics

Did You Know?

Gently curving arabesque scrolls of lilies and leaves decorate the inside and outside of this bowl.
  • ?–1940
    George Aristides Eumorfopoulos [1863–1939], London, England, consigned to Sotheby's London for sale
    May 29, 1940
    (Sotheby's London, England, May 28–31, 1940 sale, lot 238)
    ? by 1954–1967
    Herschel V. Johnson, consigned to Sotheby's London for sale
    February 21, 1967
    (Sotheby's London, England, February 21, 1967 sale, lot 37, sold to John Sparks)
    1967
    (John Sparks, London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1967-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Sotheby’s, London. The Eumorfopoulos Collections: The Celebrated Collection of Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes, Gold Ornaments, Lacquer, Jade, Glass and Works of Art. May 28–31, 1940 sale. Mentioned and Reproduced: Lot no. 238, pp. 78–79 archive.org
    Garner, Harry Mason. Oriental Blue and White. London: Faber and Faber, 1954. Reproduced: plate 35a
    Sotheby’s, London. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. February 21, 1967 sale. Mentioned and Reproduced: lot no. 37, p. 14
    “Year in Review.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 54, no. 10 (December 1967): 302–346. Reproduced: p. 337; Mentioned: p. 347, no. 164 www.jstor.org
    “Art of Asia Recently Acquired by American Museums 1967.” Archives of Asian Art 22 (1968): 106–136. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 110, fig. 12 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 267 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 354 archive.org
    Neils, Jenifer. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. cat. no. 128
  • The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-August 22, 1982).
    Year in Review: 1967. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).
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