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Collection Online as of November 30, 2022

Dish with Lotus in Rui-Head-Shaped Cartouches

mid-1800s

Japan, Edo period

(1615-1868)

Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamel (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type)

Diameter: 20.4 cm (8 1/16 in.); Overall: 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in.)

Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.258

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

A <em>ruyi </em>is a curved decorative object with a head like a cloud or <em>lingzhi</em> mushroom.

Provenance
?-1960
(Mathias Komor, New York, NY, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)
1960-1964
Severance A. [1895-1985] and Greta Millikin [1903-1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1964-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 151, no. 154
Exhibition history

Exhibition of Old Japanese Ceramics and Chinese Fine Arts. Osaka, Japan (1934).

The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 30-September 5, 1982).

Japanese Decorative Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art (August 30-October 15, 1961); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (November 6-December 17, 1961).

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

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1964.258