id:			154681
accession number:	1989.276
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.276
updated:		2023-08-23 23:05:13.336000

Pillow with Lion Base, 1000s. China, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Glazed stoneware, qingbai ("blue-white") ware; overall: 12.5 x 15 cm (4 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.276

title:				Pillow with Lion Base
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creation date:			1000s
creation date earliest:		1000
creation date latest:		1099
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creditline:			Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
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culture:	China, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
technique:	Glazed stoneware, qingbai ("blue-white") ware
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Song Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 12.5 x 15 cm (4 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	J. Norman Collie [1859–1942], London, UK
	date: ?–1942
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			* <div><!--block-->Norman Collie was an English scientist, mountaineer, and explorer.</div>
			
			
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	(Sotheby's, London, April 8, 1943 sale, lot no. 53)
	date: April 8, 1943
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	George Alfred Magee Kolkhorst [1897–1958], Oxford, UK
	date: 1943?–1959
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	(Sotheby's, London, February 17, 1959 sale, lot no. 46)
	date: February 17, 1959
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	(Carlo Sestieri, Rome, Italy, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)
	date: 1959?–1966
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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: 1966–1989
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1989–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"Transactions for the Year 1922-1923." <em>Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society</em>. London: Sotheby's Publications, 1922-23.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: vol. 2, pl. 1, fig. 1
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	<em>Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 17
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