id:			380090
accession number:	2020.188
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.188
updated:		2023-08-24 01:38:22.939000

Large Bowl with Molded Decoration, 1300s–1400s. China, Zhejiang province, Longquan kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Porcelaneous stoneware; overall: 15.1 x 42 cm (5 15/16 x 16 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.188

title:				Large Bowl with Molded Decoration
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creation date:			1300s–1400s
creation date earliest:		1300
creation date latest:		1499
current location:		238 Chinese Ceramics
creditline:			Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
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culture:	China, Zhejiang province, Longquan kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
technique:	Porcelaneous stoneware
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Ming Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 15.1 x 42 cm (5 15/16 x 16 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection
	opening date:   2022-09-11T04:00:00
	<i>Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Senator James Donald Cameron [1833–1918], bequest to his widow Elizabeth Sherman Cameron
	date: c. 1912–1918
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	Elizabeth Sherman Cameron [1857–1955], given as a wedding present to private collector, Belgium
	date: 1918–c. 1927
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			* <div><!--block-->A native of Mansfield, Ohio, Elizabeth Sherman Cameron was the niece of General William Tecumseh Sherman and Senator John Sherman. In 1878, Elizabeth married Senator J. Donald (Don) Cameron of Pennsylvania, a millionaire widower with six children who was more than 20 years her senior. She was considered one of the most fashionable salon hostesses in Washington, DC, and Paris. Her circle included great intellectuals and artists of the late 19th century, like Henry Adams, Edith Warton, and Augustus Saint-Guadens.</div>
			
			
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	Private collection, Belgium, by descent to a grandchild
	date: c. 1927–?
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	Private collection, Belgium, to Vanderven Oriental Art
	date: ?–2014
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	(Vanderven Oriental Art, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, sold at TEFAF New York to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley)
	date: 2014–2017
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	Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2017–2020
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2020–
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fun fact:
Longquan celadon, or greenware, was often fired in dragon kilns, a type of narrow, sloped brick tunnel that could fire up to 25,000 pieces at a time.

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wall description:
The lobed sides of this bowl open like a flower and rise to a solidly molded and pointed rim reminiscent of metalware. The bowl with a thick, shiny, jadelike green glaze was made by potters who mastered techniques to fire vessels of enormous sizes for the export market. Large bowls and plates were primarily shipped to the Middle East where they were used for banquets, in which food was traditionally offered in the center of a seated gathering.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Medley, Margaret. <em>The Chinese Potter: A Practical History of Chinese Ceramics</em>. London, England: Phaidon Press Limited, 1989.
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