id:			122368
accession number:	1942.660
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.660
updated:		2025-02-09 00:53:50.629000

Bulb Bowl, 1300s–1400s. Northern China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) - Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Porcelaneous stoneware, numbered Jun ware; overall: 7 x 20.3 cm (2 3/4 x 8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.660

title:				Bulb Bowl
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creation date:			1300s–1400s
creation date earliest:		1300
creation date latest:		1499
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creditline:			Bequest of John L. Severance
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culture:	Northern China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) - Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
technique:	Porcelaneous stoneware, numbered Jun ware
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Yuan Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 7 x 20.3 cm (2 3/4 x 8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection
	opening date:   1942-11-12T04:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).

	title:		Exhibition of the Month: Historic Flower Containers
	opening date:   1952-12-31T05:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of the Month: Historic Flower Containers</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 31, 1952-March 3, 1953).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	John L. Severance [1863–1936], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1942
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1942–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	John Long Severance Art Collection Photographs: Old Chinese Porcelains, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 27, no. 139; Reproduced: p. 29
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceChinesePorcelain/page/n26/mode/1up

	<em>Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. [61], Plate XXX, cat. no. 137; Mention: p. 66, cat. no. 137
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceBequest/page/n70

	Hollis, Howard. “Department of Oriental Art: Chinese Ceramics and Jades.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 29, no. 9 (November 1942): 150–157.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 155
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25141018

	Kerr, Rose. <em>Dazzling Official Jun Wares: From Museums and Collections Around the World</em>. [Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK] : ACC Art Books, 2021.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 244–245, no. 161
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