id:			154695
accession number:	1989.287
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.287
updated:		2023-03-14 12:01:37.995000

Dice Bowl, 1426–35. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Xuande mark and period (1426-1435). Porcelain with mottled blue glaze; diameter: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.); overall: 11.6 cm (4 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.287

title:				Dice Bowl
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creation date:			1426–35
creation date earliest:		1426
creation date latest:		1435
current location:		238 Chinese Ceramics
creditline:			Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
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culture:	China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Xuande mark and period (1426-1435)
technique:	porcelain with mottled blue glaze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Ming Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

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measurements: Diameter: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.); Overall: 11.6 cm (4 9/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	大明宣德年製
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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

	(Sotheby's London, England, May 16, 1967 sale, lot no. 95, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)
	date: May 16, 1967
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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: 1967–1989
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1989–
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wall description:
The Chinese connoisseurs use the poetic term "snowflake blue" to describe the mottling effects of white blotches amid tones of blue colored with cobalt oxide. Such aesthetic effects were achieved by blowing the glaze through a bamboo tube onto the ceramic surfaces.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990.
	page number: 	cat. no. 46
	url:		

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