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Bowl with Lily Scrolls

1465–87

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Chenghua mark and period

(1465-1487)

Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration

Diameter: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.); Overall: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.)

Gift of John D. Rockefeller III, and purchase, John L. Severance Fund 1967.64

Location

238 Chinese Ceramics

Inscriptions

Inscription

大明成化年製

Inscription Translation

Da Ming Chenghua nian zhi (Made in the Ming dynasty, Chenghua reign)

Provenance
?-1967
(John Sparks, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
1967-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 267 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 354 archive.org
Neils, Jenifer. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. cat. no. 128
Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1967. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).

The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-August 22, 1982).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1967.64