The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of October 1, 2023

Bowl with Peony Decoration

1426–35

China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Xuande mark and reign

(1425-1435)

Porcelain

Diameter: 20.5 cm (8 1/16 in.); Overall: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1954.372

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

大明宣德年製

Inscription Translation

Da Ming Xuande nianzhi

Inscription Remark

Made in the Ming dynasty, Xuande period

Provenance
?–1954
(Joe Yuey, San Francisco, CA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1954–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Lee, Sherman E. “Early Ming Blue and White Porcelains.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 42, no. 2 (February 1955): 27–31. Reproduced: p. 30 www.jstor.org
Exhibition history

Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).

The Porcelain Connection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 22-August 15, 1982).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1954.372