id:			154720
accession number:	1989.304.2
share license status:	CC0
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Bowl 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: 22.4 cm (8 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.304.2

title:				Bowl with Eight Immortals
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creation date:			1662–1722
creation date earliest:		1662
creation date latest:		1722
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creditline:			Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
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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
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measurements: Diameter: 22.4 cm (8 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Sidney Ernest Kennedy [1855–1933], London, England
	date: at least by 1915
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	Allen J. Mercher [d. by 1956], Great Neck, Long Island, NY
	date: ?-1956
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	(Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, November 1, 1956 sale, no. 126)
	date: 1956
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	Winston Frederick Churchill Guest [1906–1982], New York
	date: 1956-1967
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	(Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, NY, December 2, 1967 sale, no. 89)
	date: 1967
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	(J. J. Klejman, New York, NY, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)
	date: 1967–1968
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	Severance A. [1895–1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903–1989], Cleveland, OH
	date: 1968-1985
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	Greta Millikin [1903–1989], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1985–1989
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1989–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Hobson, R. L. <em>Chinese Pottery and Porcelain: An Account of the Potter's Art in China from Primitive Times to the Present Day</em>. New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1915.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: vol. 2 Ming and Ch`ing porcelain, pl. 113, fig. 2
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	Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, NY. <em>Important K'ang Hsi Porcelains; Imperial Yung Chêng Wares</em>. 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. <em>Highly Important Eighteenth Century Chinese Porcelain &amp; French Furniture</em>. December 2, 1967.
	page number: 	lot no. 89
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	<em>Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 73, no. 68
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