id:			135012
accession number:	1957.63
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1957.63
updated:		2025-08-07 22:04:17.915000

Incense Burner, 1200s. China, Zhejiang province, Hangzhou, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). Porcelaneous stoneware, Guan ware; overall: 7.3 x 15.6 cm (2 7/8 x 6 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1957.63

title:				Incense Burner
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creation date:			1200s
creation date earliest:		1200
creation date latest:		1299
current location:		238 Chinese Ceramics
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
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culture:	China, Zhejiang province, Hangzhou, Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)
technique:	porcelaneous stoneware, Guan ware
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Song Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 7.3 x 15.6 cm (2 7/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'The World of Ceramics - Masterpieces from The Cleveland Museum of Art.  CMA 6/30-9/5/82.  Catalogue edited by Jenifer Neils, essay by Sherman E. Lee (CMA, 1982) no. 111.', 'opening_date': '1982-09-05T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Men-Chu Wang, Beijing, China. Seller's no. 19)
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	Edward Chou, Hong Kong
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	(Frank Caro [1904–1980], New York, NY, sold to  Severance and Greta Millikin for gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1957
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1957–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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. 850
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n150

	Lee, Sherman E. “Janus in Limbo.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 50, no. 1 (January 1963): 2–6.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 3, fig. 1
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25151927

	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. 257
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n281

	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. 257
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n281

	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. 339
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n359

	Kleinhenz, Henry J. “Porcelains for Imperial Use: The Sung Dynasty.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 65, no. 4 (April 1978): 135–150.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 145–146, fig. 12
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159578

	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: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 107, no. 111
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	Leidy, Denise Patry, and Yale University Art Gallery. <em>Celadon on the Seas: Chinese Ceramics from the 9th to the 14th Century. </em>New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 2024.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 31, fig. 1.12
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