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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1700s creation date earliest: 1700 creation date latest: 1799 current location: creditline: Severance and Greta Millikin Collection copyright: --- 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 find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.); height: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: 大明嘉靖年製 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: 200 Years of Japanese Porcelain opening date: 1970-10-09T04:00:00 200 Years of Japanese Porcelain. 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 The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. 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 The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 15-August 21, 2011). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Harry C. Nail, Jr. [1909–1990], Palo Alto, CA, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin) date: ?–1960 footnotes: citations: Severance A. [1895–1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903–1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1960–1964 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1964– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This decorative porcelain—mass-produced for the export market in Europe—is inscribed with a poem from The Gateless Gate or The Gateless Barrier (Wuwen kuan in Chinese and Mumonkan 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!" --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 23, no. 12 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.257/1964.257_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.257/1964.257_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.257/1964.257_full.tif