Collection Online as of November 28, 2023
c. 1690
Porcelain with overglaze color enamels (Hizen ware, Kakiemon type)
Overall: 38 cm (14 15/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1964.366
Description Figures like this were a prevalent type of Kakiemon ware and may have derived from dolls formed in the likeness of courtesans dressed in elaborate brocades.
Provenance ?–1964
(Setsu Inosuke 濑津伊之助 [1897–1969], Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1964–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966 . Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 285
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Cleveland Museum of Art, “Golden Anniversary Acquisition,” 1966, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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Stechow, Wolfgang. "Cleveland's Golden Anniversary Acquisitions." Artnews 65, no. 5 (September 1966): 30-64.An Ukiyo-e Beauty Reproduced: p. 34; Mentioned: p. 63
The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969 . Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 285
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The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978 . Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 387
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Neils, Jenifer. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art . Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 154–155, no. 158; Reproduced: Color plate after p. 150
Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art . Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 244
Exhibition history
Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113) . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 20-May 6, 2003).
Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113) . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-November 17, 2004).
Japanese Art Rotation (Gallery 236) . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 19-December 24, 2013).
Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-October 16, 1966).
200 Years of Japanese Porcelain . Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (organizer) (October 9-November 15, 1970); The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO (December 3-27, 1970).
Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation . The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 2-July 9, 2018).
