id:			143603
accession number:	1967.64
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1967.64
updated:		2025-08-07 22:55:39.413000

Bowl with Lily Scrolls, 1465–87. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Chenghua mark and period (1465–87). Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration; diameter: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.); overall: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John D. Rockefeller III, and purchase, John L. Severance Fund, 1967.64

title:				Bowl with Lily Scrolls
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			1465–87
creation date earliest:		1465
creation date latest:		1487
current location:		238 Chinese Ceramics
creditline:			Gift of John D. Rockefeller III, and purchase, John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), Chenghua mark and period (1465–87)
technique:	porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Ming Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Diameter: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.); Overall: 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	大明成化年製
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1967
	opening date:   1967-11-29T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1967</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).

	title:		The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   1982-06-20T04:00:00
	<i>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-August 22, 1982).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	George Aristides Eumorfopoulos [1863–1939], London, England, consigned to Sotheby's London for sale
	date: ?–1940
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	(Sotheby's London, England, May 28–31, 1940 sale, lot 238)
	date: May 29, 1940
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	Herschel V. Johnson, consigned to Sotheby's London for sale
	date: ? by 1954–1967
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	(Sotheby's London, England, February 21, 1967 sale, lot 37, sold to John Sparks)
	date: February 21, 1967
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	(John Sparks, London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 1967
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1967-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Sotheby’s, London. <em>The Eumorfopoulos Collections: The Celebrated Collection of Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes, Gold Ornaments, Lacquer, Jade, Glass and Works of Art</em>. May 28–31, 1940 sale.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: Lot no. 238, pp. 78–79
	url:		https://archive.org/details/eumorfopouloscol00soth/page/n137/mode/2up

	Garner, Harry Mason. <em>Oriental Blue and White</em>. London: Faber and Faber, 1954.
	page number: 	Reproduced: plate 35a
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	Sotheby’s, London. <em>Fine Chinese Ceramics &amp; Works of Art</em>. February 21, 1967 sale.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: lot no. 37, p. 14
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	“Year in Review.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 54, no. 10 (December 1967): 302–346.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 337; Mentioned: p. 347, no. 164
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152183

	“Art of Asia Recently Acquired by American Museums 1967.” <em>Archives of Asian Art</em> 22 (1968): 106–136.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 110, fig. 12
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/20111006

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 267
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n291

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 354
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n374

	Neils, Jenifer. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
	page number: 	cat. no. 128
	url:		

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