id:			122439
accession number:	1942.712
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.712
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:53.031000

Vase with Chi-Dragon Handles and Flowers and Birds, 1736–95. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mark and period (1736-95). Porcelain painted in polychrome enamels over transparent glaze; overall: 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.712

title:				Vase with Chi-Dragon Handles and Flowers and Birds
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creation date:			1736–95
creation date earliest:		1736
creation date latest:		1795
current location:		238 Chinese Ceramics
creditline:			Bequest of John L. Severance
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mark and period (1736-95)
technique:	porcelain painted in polychrome enamels over transparent glaze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Qing Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 27.3 cm (10 3/4 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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Collection of Old Chinese Porcelains formed by George R. Davies, Esq</em>. Dreicer &amp; Co., New York, NY (Autumn 1913).', 'opening_date': '1913-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	George Reynolds Davies, Esq. [1843 or 44-1918], Hartford, Cheshire, England, sold to Gorer
	date: ?-1913
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	Edgar Ezekiel Gorer [1872-1915], London, England
	date: 1913-?
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			* <div><!--block-->Edgar Ezekiel Gorer (1872-1915) was an interior decorator and dealer in 'Oriental' works of art based at 170 New Bond Street, London. He started in business with his father, Solomon Lewis Gorer (1842-1907), so at various times the company was called Messrs. S. Gorer &amp; Son or the Indo-China Curio Trading Company.
<br>Edgar Gorer died in the sinking of the Cunard liner RMS Lusitania off the coast of Ireland by a German submarine.</div>
			
			
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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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Gorer, Edgar, and J. F. Blacker. <em>Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones</em>. London: B. Quaritch, 1911.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: Vol. II, pl. 226
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	Davies, George R. <em>Collection of Old Chinese Porcelains Formed by George R. Davies</em>. London: Printed by G.W. Jones, at the sign of the Dolphin, 1913.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 37, p. 15; Reproduced: plate III, facing p. 14
	url:		https://archive.org/details/collectionofoldc00davirich

	“Chinese Porcelain in the Davies Collection.” <em>The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs</em>, vol. 23, no. 123, 1913, pp. 162–167.
	page number: 	
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/859384

	<em>Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 76, cat. no. 204
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceBequest/page/n80

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

	Zauhō Kankōkai 座右寶刋行會. <em>Sekai tōji zenshū</em> [Catalogue of World's Ceramics = 世界陶磁全集]. Vol. 12. 清朝篇・附安南. タイQing Dynasty, Annam, Thailand. Tōkyō: Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 1955.
	page number: 	p. 180, fig. 34
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	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. 889
	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. 271
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n295

	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. 271
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n295

	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. 360
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n380

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