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Collection Online as of August 13, 2022

Buffalo with Rider

early 1300s

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Yuan dynasty

(1271-1368)

Glazed porcelain with iron spots, qingbai ("blue-white") ware

Overall: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.)

Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.278

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

This buffalo with a herd boy may have served as a water dropper on a scholar's desk.

Provenance
?-1972
(J. J. Baars, Zürich, Swizerland, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)
1972-89
Severance A. [1895-1985] and Greta Millikin [1903-1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1989-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Williams, Marjorie. Chinese Painting--an Escape from the "Dusty" World. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981. Reproduced: fig. 45, p. 64
Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990. p. 66, no. 21
Exhibition history

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

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1989.278