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Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
Bowl with Bats and Floral Scrolls
1736–95
(1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95)
Diameter: 17.6 cm (6 15/16 in.); Overall: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.)
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
The bat is a lucky symbol as the Chinese word for bat, 蝠 fú, is pronounced the same as “good fortune” 福.- William Thomas Beckford [1760–1844], Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire, England?–1974(Hugh M. Moss, London, England, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)1974–1989Severance A. [1895–1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903–1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art1989–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990. Mentioned: cat. no. 199, p. 92
- The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1989.320