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Bowl with Eight Immortals

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1912), Kangxi reign

(1661-1722)

Porcelain with famille verte overglaze enamel decoration

Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.304.2

not on view

Provenance

Sidney Ernest Kennedy, London

?-1956

Allen J. Mercher [d. by 1956], Great Neck, Long Island, NY

1956

(Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, November 1, 1956 sale, no. 126)

1956-1967

Winston Frederick Churchill Guest [1906–1982], New York

1967

(Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, NY, December 2, 1967 sale, no. 89)

1967-1968

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

1968-1985

Severance A. [1895-1985] and Greta Millikin [1903-1989], Cleveland, OH

1985-1989

Greta Millikin [1903-1989], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1989-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990. Mentioned: p. 73, no. 68