id:			140260
accession number:	1964.238
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.238
updated:		2023-03-10 19:42:51.397000

Waterpot with Ram's Head Spout, 1700s. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). White jade; overall: 4.7 x 11.8 cm (1 7/8 x 4 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.238

title:				Waterpot with Ram's Head Spout
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creation date:			1700s
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1799
current location:		240B Chinese Decorative Arts
creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
technique:	white jade
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Qing Dynasty
type:		Jade
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 4.7 x 11.8 cm (1 7/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
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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

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PROVENANCE

	John L. Severance [1863-1936], Cleveland, OH, by descent to Severance and Greta Millikin
	date: ? before 1936
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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: ?-1964
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1964-
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wall description:
Pure white jade like this, known to the Chinese as "mutton-fat" jade, is particularly prized. The white color has been the preferred shade of jade throughout the ages. The radiance and purity are linked metaphorically to the virtues of the ideal Confucian scholar. The translucent quality of the jade has moral and poetic allusions attached to it.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 205
	url:		

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