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Sleeping Cat

眠り猫置物

early to mid-1800s

Japan, Edo period

(1615-1868)

Porcelain with overglaze color enamel and gold (Hizen ware)

Overall: 9.5 x 14.6 cm (3 3/4 x 5 3/4 in.)

Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.255

Location

235A Japanese

Description

Models of sleeping cats with collars and bells like this one were popular as decorative objects, and some of them also served as incense burners or hand warmers. This cat was just for display and has very carefully incised lines in the surface of the clay body, as well as thin strokes of orange and gold over the glaze to create the sense of soft fur.

Provenance

John L. Severance [1863–1936], Cleveland, OH, to his relatives, Severance and Greta Millikin

?–1964

Severance A. [1895–1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903–1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1964–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Monet, Claude, and David Bromfield. Monet & Japan. Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 2001. cat. no. 129, p. 200

Exhibition history

Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 236). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 19-December 24, 2013).

The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).

Monet & Japan. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia (organizer) (March 10-June 11, 2001); Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (June 29-September 16, 2001).

Animals in Japanese Art (Japanese art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24-December 10, 2023).

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眠り猫置物

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