Collection Online as of December 3, 2023

Basket Dish

late 1700s- early 1800s

style of Okuda Eisen

(Japanese, 1753–1811)

Japan, Edo period

(1615-1868)

Porcelain with overglaze color enamel

Overall: 11 x 21.7 x 13.6 cm (4 5/16 x 8 9/16 x 5 3/8 in.)

Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.258

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed "Eisen" in red enamel on base.

Provenance

(Mayuyama and Co., Tokyo); Severance and Greta Millikin, 1960.

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. 159, no. 163

Cleveland Museum of Art, and Sŏn Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011. Mentioned: P. 71; reproduced: P. 73, no. 67

Exhibition history

"The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art, CMA, August 30-Sept. 5, 1982.
"The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, CMA, July 5-Sept. 2, 1990.

Cleveland Museum of Art, (3/2/ 2011 - 8/21/2011); "The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art" cat no. 67

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

Asian Autumn: Splendid Variety: 18th-Century Art in Japan. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1993-March 6, 1994).