id:			140288
accession number:	1964.257
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.257
updated:		2023-03-10 19:42:51.598000

Dish with Figures in a Garden, 1700s. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868). Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamel and gold decoration (Hizen ware, Imari style); diameter: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.); height: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.257

title:				Dish with Figures in a Garden
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creation date:			1700s
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1799
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creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique:	porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamel and gold decoration (Hizen ware, Imari style)
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

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measurements: Diameter: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.); height: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	大明嘉靖年製
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		200 Years of Japanese Porcelain
	opening date:   1970-10-09T04:00:00
	<i>200 Years of Japanese Porcelain</i>. Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (organizer) (October 9-November 15, 1970); The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO (December 3-27, 1970).

	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).

	title:		The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art
	opening date:   2011-03-27T00:00:00
	<i>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Harry C. Nail, Jr. [1909–1990], Palo Alto, CA, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)
	date: ?–1960
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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: 1960–1964
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1964–
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wall description:
This decorative porcelain—mass-produced for the export market in Europe—is inscribed with a poem from <em>The Gateless Gate</em> or <em>The Gateless Barrier</em> (<em>Wuwen kuan</em> in Chinese and <em>Mumonkan</em> in Japanese) by the Chinese Chan (Zen) master Wumen Huihai (1183–1260). The inscription reads, "I always remember the spring in the south. Where the partridges sing; how fragrant the countless flowers!"
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. <em>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 23, no. 12
	url:		

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