id: 140294
accession number: 1964.260
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Dish with Two Men Playing Go, 1700s. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868). Porcelain, molded, with overglaze color enamel (Hizen ware, Imari style); overall: 2.4 x 13.8 cm (15/16 x 5 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.260
title: Dish with Two Men Playing Go
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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, molded, with overglaze color enamel (Hizen ware, Imari style)
department: Japanese Art
collection: Japanese Art
type: Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 2.4 x 13.8 cm (15/16 x 5 7/16 in.)
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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).
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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Cleveland Museum of Art (7/5–9/2/1990): “The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection”
Cleveland Museum of Art, (3/27-8/28/2011); "The Lure of Painted Poetry" cat. no. 11
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PROVENANCE
(K. J. Hewett, London); Severance and Greta Millikin, Cleveland, 1960.
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This modest serving dish is decorated with two figures playing chess, or go in Japanese. The green color is typical of kutani porcelain. This dish was produced for the export market after Japan replaced China as Europe’s primary source for export porcelain.
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CITATIONS
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Sŏn Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 23, no. 11
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.260/1964.260_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.260/1964.260_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.260/1964.260_full.tif