id:			149130
accession number:	1977.6
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1977.6
updated:		2023-03-11 20:51:08.514000

Plate with Peony Decoration, late 1300s-early 1400s. China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Carved cinnabar lacquer on wood; diameter: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Collection 1977.6

title:				Plate with Peony Decoration
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			late 1300s-early 1400s
creation date earliest:		1375
creation date latest:		1425
current location:		
creditline:			John L. Severance Collection
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)
technique:	carved cinnabar lacquer on wood
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Yuan Dynasty
type:		Lacquer
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Diameter: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signature incised on bottom:  Yang Mao
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1977
	opening date:   1977-12-28T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1977</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978).

	title:		The Twain Shall Meet
	opening date:   1985-10-30T05:00:00
	<i>The Twain Shall Meet</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).

	title:		Greeting the Spring (Chinese art rotation, galleries 240a, 239, 241c)
	opening date:   2017-02-11T05:00:00
	<i>Greeting the Spring (Chinese art rotation, galleries 240a, 239, 241c)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 11-August 13, 2017).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>International Exhibition of Chinese Art. </em>Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England (November 1935-March 1936).

* <em>The Arts of the Ming Dynasty</em>. Arts Council Gallery, The Arts Council of Great Britain and the Oriental Ceramic Society. London, UK (November 15-December 14, 1957).

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PROVENANCE

	Sir Percival David [1892–1964], London, England, by descent to his wife Lady David
	date: ?–1964
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	Lady Sheila Jane Yorke Hardy David [1914–?], London, England
	date: 1964–1976
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	(Sotheby's, London, 14 December, 1976, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: December 14, 1976
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1977–
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wall description:
This lacquer dish of strikingly deep red color is decorated with a dynamically carved design of three peony blossoms. Because of the complexity in lacquer production, items are often small and were seldom made for daily use. Lacquer was traditionally made using the sap of the lacquer tree found in southern China. Many successive layers of lacquer would be applied until the surface could be carved into complex geometric or figural forms. Red became the preferred color for lacquerware carvings, in part because the color has long been associated with good fortune in China.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>The Chinese Exhibition; A Commemorative Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Arts, November 1935-March 1936</em>. London: Faber and Faber, 1936.
	page number: 	no. 1027
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	<em>The Arts of the Ming Dynasty; An Exhibition Organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Oriental Ceramic Society, November 15th to December 14th, 1957 at the Arts Council Gallery</em>. London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1958
	page number: 	Reproduced: no. 231, pl. 59
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	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. 345
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n365

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1977.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 65, no. 1 (1978): 2–42.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 139, pp. 5 andcle 43, Reproduced: cat. no. 139, p. 32
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159560

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