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Dish with Female and Attendant

c. 1713

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

(1662-1722)

Porcelain with famille verte overglaze enamel decoration

Diameter: 24.6 cm (9 11/16 in.)

Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.220

Location

238 Chinese Ceramics

Description

On the flattened rim of this dish is a band of ironred enamel decoration with the Chinese characters Wanshou wujiang, meaning "Long life without limit." This piece belongs to a set of particularly fine porcelains with the same inscription, which are thought to have been made for the Kangxi emperor's 60th birthday in 1713.

Provenance
Frank Caro, NY; Severance and Greta Millikin, 1962
Exhibition history

1990 Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, July 5-September 2, 1990: no. 70

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

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