id:			122369
accession number:	1942.661
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.661
updated:		2023-08-29 11:33:54.478000

Pair of Hexagonal Flower Pots, 1300s–1400s. China, Henan province, Yuxian, Juntai, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Porcelaneous stoneware, numbered Jun ware; overall: 12.5 x 15 cm (4 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.); part 2: 13.4 x 14 cm (5 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.661

title:				Pair of Hexagonal Flower Pots
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creation date:			1300s–1400s
creation date earliest:		1300
creation date latest:		1499
current location:		238 Chinese Ceramics
creditline:			Bequest of John L. Severance
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Henan province, Yuxian, Juntai, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
technique:	porcelaneous stoneware, numbered Jun ware
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Yuan Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 12.5 x 15 cm (4 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.); Part 2: 13.4 x 14 cm (5 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	八
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	inscription:	明窓用
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	inscription:	養心殿
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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).

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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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wall description:
This deep hexagonal flowerpot, one of a pair in the collection, is numbered "8" and bears additional inscriptions to indicate specifically the location of its usage within the palace: "for use in the Study of Illumination (<em>Mingchuang yong</em>)" within the "Hall of Cultivating the Mind (<em>Yangxin Dian</em>)" of the Forbidden City. The inscriptions seem to suggest the Qing imperial provenance of this pair.
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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. 31; Reproduced: p. 33
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceChinesePorcelain/page/n30/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. 138-139; Mention: p. 66, cat. no. 138-139
	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: P. 107, no. 68
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