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Source Description
This dish portrays Chinese scholar Zhou Dunyi—also known as Zhou Maoshu (1017–1073)—appreciating lotuses, a motif borrowed from Chinese porcelains. The ceramics painter of this work depicted Zhou seemingly appreciating both the lotus and the young lady with a lotus in the boat.
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140274
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Dish with Zhou Maoshu Admiring Lotus Flowers
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140274
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Dish with Zhou Maoshu Admiring Lotus Flowers
description
This dish portrays Chinese scholar Zhou Dunyi—also known as Zhou Maoshu (1017–1073)—appreciating lotuses, a motif borrowed from Chinese porcelains. The ceramics painter of this work depicted Zhou seemingly appreciating both the lotus and the young lady with a lotus in the boat.
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late 1600s
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en
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Q80038266
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Ceramic
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Diameter: 31 cm (12 3/16 in.); height: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.)
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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
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1964.246
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Porcelain with overglaze color enamel and iron oxide rim (Arita ware)
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Dish with Zhou Maoshu Admiring Lotus Flowers (周茂叔愛蓮図皿), late 1600s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Porcelain with overglaze color enamel and iron oxide rim (Arita ware); diameter: 31 cm (12 3/16 in.); height: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.246
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周茂叔愛蓮図皿
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Japanese Art
citations
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
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Mentioned and reproduced: P. 153, no. 157
citation
Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. <em>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 52
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Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
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2026-05-29 07:11:50.298000
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140274
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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Porcelain with overglaze color enamel and iron oxide rim (Arita ware)
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