id:			134790
accession number:	1957.359
share license status:	CC0
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Bowl (wan) with Water Plants and Arabesques, 1506–21. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Zhengde mark and reign (1506-21). Porcelain; diameter: 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.); overall: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift 1957.359

title:				Bowl (wan) with Water Plants and Arabesques
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creation date:			1506–21
creation date earliest:		1506
creation date latest:		1521
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creditline:			Anonymous Gift
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culture:	China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Zhengde mark and reign (1506-21)
technique:	porcelain
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Ming Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

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measurements: Diameter: 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.); Overall: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	正德年製
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Blue and White: Chinese Porcelain and Its Impact on the Western World</em>. The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (October 3-December 1, 1985).

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PROVENANCE

	C.T. Loo 盧芹齋 [1880–1957], Paris, France, and New York, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art by exchange
	date: by 1949–1957
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1957–
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fun fact:
Chinese potters integrated foreign motifs, shapes, and ideas in order to cater to changing tastes and new customers in an increasingly global world.

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wall description:
Arabesques, an ornamental design of intertwined flowing lines inspired by Middle Eastern culture, appear on Chinese blue-and-white porcelain since the 1300s. The early Ming emperors, particularly the Zhengde emperor, promoted Islam and commissioned porcelain with Islamic calligraphy.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Jean Gordon. “An Exhibition of Blue-Decorated Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty.” <em>The Philadelphia Museum Bulletin</em>, vol. 45, no. 223, 1949, pp. 1–72.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 106, p. 17; Reproduced: no. 106, p. 56
	url:		https://www-jstor-org.ingallslibrary.idm.oclc.org/stable/3794887

	Carswell, John, and Jean McClure Mudge. <em>Blue and White: Chinese Porcelain and Its Impact on the Western World</em>. Chicago: The Gallery, 1985.
	page number: 	cat. no. 35, p. 92
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