id:			140172
accession number:	1964.170
share license status:	CC0
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updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:06.359000

Arrow Vase with Persian Inscriptions and Floral Scrolls, 1506–21. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Zhengde mark and reign (1505-1521). Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue decoration; diameter: 10.7 cm (4 3/16 in.); overall: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.170

title:				Arrow Vase with Persian Inscriptions and Floral Scrolls
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creation date:			1506–21
creation date earliest:		1506
creation date latest:		1521
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creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
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culture:	China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Zhengde mark and reign (1505-1521)
technique:	porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue decoration
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Ming Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

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measurements: Diameter: 10.7 cm (4 3/16 in.); Overall: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	The two Persian inscriptions on the neck freely translated read 'Oh Beautiful! Oh Powerful'!  Those around the body read 'None knows the extent and limits of Thy power and Majesty.'
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	inscription:	大明正德年製
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
	opening date:   1990-07-05T04:00:00
	<i>The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 30-September 5, 1982).', 'opening_date': '1982-06-30T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Sotheby's, London, England, February 17, 1959 sale, lot no. 42)
	date: February 17, 1959
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	Severance A. [1895–1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903–1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1959–64
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1964–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Neils, Jenifer. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
	page number: 	cat. no. 130
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	<em>Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990.
	page number: 	cat. no. 29
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	Cunningham, Lawrence, and John J. Reich. <em>Culture and Values: A Survey of the Humanities.</em> Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2006.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 527, fig. 19.8
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