id: 140205 accession number: 1964.197 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.197 updated: 2023-03-10 19:42:51.021000 Bowl with Flying Cranes, 1723–35. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng mark and reign (1723-35). Porcelain decorated in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels; diameter: 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.197 title: Bowl with Flying Cranes title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1723–35 creation date earliest: 1723 creation date latest: 1735 current location: creditline: Severance and Greta Millikin Collection copyright: --- culture: China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng mark and reign (1723-35) technique: porcelain decorated in underglaze blue and overglaze enamels department: Chinese Art collection: China - Qing Dynasty type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: 大清雍正年制 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection opening date: 1990-07-05T04:00:00 The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Arts de la Chine Ancienne. Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, France (1937). --- PROVENANCE Mrs. and Mr. Maurice Solvay [1898–1960], Paris, France date: by 1937–? footnotes: citations: (Frank Caro [1904–1980], New York, NY, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin) date: ?–1957 footnotes: citations: Severance A. [1895–1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903–1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1957–1964 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1964– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: The interior of this small bowl has peaches in the center bordered by stylized cloud forms alternating with cranes in flight. Both cranes and peaches symbolize longevity making this bowl doubly auspicious. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Salles, Georges. Arts de la Chine ancienne. Paris: Musée de L'Orangerie, 1937. page number: Mentioned: p. 233, no. 831 url: Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990. page number: Mentioned: p. 75, no. 80; Reproduced: pl. 3 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.197/1964.197_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.197/1964.197_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.197/1964.197_full.tif