Collection Online as of January 27, 2021

Lotus Petal Vase

1662-1722

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China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi period

(1662-1722)

Porcelain with "peach bloom" glaze

Overall: 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.)

Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.668.1

Location

238 Chinese Ceramics

Description

The "peach-bloom" glaze developed during the Kangzi era has also been described as "drunken with beauty." Technical achievements were transcended with aesthetic associations, revealing the greatest sensitivity to all things beautiful in nature.

Provenance

James R. Garland, J. P. Morgan, and Judge Elbert H. Gary

Citations

Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. Reproduced: p. [68], Plate XXXIII, cat. no. 180; Mention: p. 74, cat. no. 180 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 884 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 270 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 270 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 359 archive.org