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Collection Online as of April 29, 2025

Square Covered Box with Hundred Antiquities

1723–35
(1644-1911), Yongzheng mark and reign (1723-35)
porcelain with famille rose overglaze enamel decoration
Overall: 4 x 7.5 cm (1 9/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.309
Location: 240B Chinese Decorative Arts

Did You Know?

An auspicious lingzhi mushroom was painted on the base.

Description

The painted decoration in this box cover provides an interesting image of the antiquities and objects being collected in the Chinese scholar’s desk—all of which are emblems of taste, status, and affluence. Connoisseurship, art cataloguing, art historical study, and elegant social gatherings developed alongside art collecting as part of the Chinese literati culture.
  • Frederick T. Fuller
    June 28, 1965
    (Christie's, London, June 28, 1965, no. 21)
    1965
    (John Sparks, Ltd., London, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)
    1965-1989
    Severance A. [1895-1985] and Greta Millikin [1903-1989], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1989-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990. Mentioned: p. 76, no. 85
  • The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).
  • {{cite web|title=Square Covered Box with Hundred Antiquities|url=false|author=|year=1723–35|access-date=29 April 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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