id:			122378
accession number:	1942.668
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.668
updated:		2023-03-07 15:13:54.644000

Pair of Lotus Petal Vases, 1662–1722. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi period (1662-1722). Porcelain with "peach bloom" glaze; overall: 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.668

title:				Pair of Lotus Petal Vases
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creation date:			1662–1722
creation date earliest:		1661
creation date latest:		1722
current location:		238 Chinese Ceramics
creditline:			Bequest of John L. Severance
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culture:	China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi period (1662-1722)
technique:	porcelain with "peach bloom" glaze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Qing Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 30-September 5, 1982).

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PROVENANCE

	James R. Garland
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	J. P. Morgan [1837–1913]
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	Judge Elbert H. Gary [1846–1927]
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	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:
The "peach-bloom" glaze developed during the Kangxi era has also been described as "drunken with beauty." Technical achievements were transcended with aesthetic associations, revealing the greatest sensitivity to all things beautiful in nature.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<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. [68], Plate XXXIII, cat. no. 179-180; Mention: p. 74, cat. no. 179-180
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceBequest/page/n78

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 884
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n157

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 270
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n294

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 270
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n294

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 359
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n379

	Neils, Jenifer. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
	page number: 	cat. no. 134
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	Mahlerbe, Anne. “La Quete du Rouge: Reve et Cauchemar du Potier.” <em>La Revue de la Ceramique et du Verre </em>236 (Janvier-Fevrier 2021): 50-53.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 51
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