id: 122379 accession number: 1942.668.1 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.668.1 updated: 2023-01-10 21:58:41.466000 Lotus Petal Vase, 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 1942.668.1 title: Lotus Petal Vase title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1662–1722 creation date earliest: 1661 creation date latest: 1722 current location: 238 Chinese Ceramics creditline: Bequest of John L. Severance copyright: --- 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 find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE James R. Garland date: footnotes: citations: J. P. Morgan [1837–1913] date: footnotes: citations: Judge Elbert H. Gary [1846–1927] date: footnotes: citations: John L. Severance [1863–1936], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1942 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1942- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. page number: Reproduced: p. [68], Plate XXXIII, cat. no. 180; Mention: p. 74, cat. no. 180 url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceBequest/page/n78 The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 359 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n379 Neils, Jenifer. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. page number: url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.668.1/1942.668.1_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.668.1/1942.668.1_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.668.1/1942.668.1_full.tif