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Collection Online as of March 28, 2023

Square Covered Box with Hundred Antiquities

1723–35

Part of a set. See all set records

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (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

Fun Fact

An auspicious <em>lingzhi </em>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.

Provenance
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
Citations
Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990. Mentioned: p. 76, no. 85
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/1989.309