id: 154718 accession number: 1989.304 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.304 updated: 2024-03-26 02:00:06.073000 Pair of Bowls with Eight Immortals, 1662–1722. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi reign (1662-1722). Porcelain with famille verte overglaze enamel decoration; diameter: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.); diameter of mouth: 22.4 cm (8 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.304 title: Pair of Bowls with Eight Immortals title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1662–1722 creation date earliest: 1662 creation date latest: 1722 current location: creditline: Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin copyright: --- culture: China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi reign (1662-1722) technique: porcelain with famille verte overglaze enamel decoration department: Chinese Art collection: China - Qing Dynasty type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.); Diameter of mouth: 22.4 cm (8 13/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Sidney Ernest Kennedy [1855–1933], London, England date: at least by 1915 footnotes: citations: Allen J. Mercher [d. by 1956], Great Neck, Long Island, NY date: ?–1956 footnotes: citations: (Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, November 1, 1956 sale, no. 126) date: 1956 footnotes: citations: Winston Frederick Churchill Guest [1906–1982], New York date: 1956–1967 footnotes: citations: (Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, NY, December 2, 1967 sale, no. 89) date: 1967 footnotes: citations: (J. J. Klejman, New York, NY, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin) date: 1967–1968 footnotes: citations: Severance A. [1895–1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903–1989], Cleveland, OH date: 1968–1985 footnotes: citations: Greta Millikin [1903–1989], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1985–1989 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1989- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Hobson, R. L. Chinese Pottery and Porcelain: An Account of the Potter's Art in China from Primitive Times to the Present Day. New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1915. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: vol. 2 Ming and Ch`ing porcelain, pl. 113, fig. 2 url: Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, NY. Important K'ang Hsi Porcelains; Imperial Yung Chêng Wares. November 1,1956 sale. page number: Reproduced: lot no. 126 url: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002601302/Home Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, NY. Highly Important Eighteenth Century Chinese Porcelain & French Furniture. December 2, 1967. page number: lot no. 89 url: Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990. page number: Mentioned: p. 73, no. 68 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1989.304/1989.304_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1989.304/1989.304_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1989.304/1989.304_full.tif