Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
This dish is inscribed with a poem from <em>The Gateless Gate</em>, a text compiled by Chinese Chan (Zen) master Wumen Huikai (1183–1260). The verse reads, “I always remember the spring in Jiangnan. Where the partridges sing; how fragrant the countless flowers!”
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
140288
label
Dish with Figures in a Chinese Garden
core
obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
140288
contentType
object
title
Dish with Figures in a Chinese Garden
description
This dish is inscribed with a poem from <em>The Gateless Gate</em>, a text compiled by Chinese Chan (Zen) master Wumen Huikai (1183–1260). The verse reads, “I always remember the spring in Jiangnan. Where the partridges sing; how fragrant the countless flowers!”
date
1700s
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80038299
genreSpecific
Ceramic
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
height: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.); Diameter: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
cul
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
accession
1964.257
Source extras
tec
Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze color enamel and gold, with iron oxide rim (Arita ware)
tombstone
Dish with Figures in a Chinese Garden (唐庭人物図皿), 1700s. Japan, Edo period (1615–1868). Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze color enamel and gold, with iron oxide rim (Arita ware); height: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.); diameter: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.257
titleInOriginalLanguage
唐庭人物図皿
collection
Japanese Art
inscriptions
inscription
長憶湖江南三月裏、鷓鴣啼処百花香
inscription_translation
I always remember the spring (latter part of the third month) in Jiangnan. Where the partridges sing; how fragrant the countless flowers!
inscription_remark
The poem is from The Gateless Gate (Wuwen kuan in Chinese and Mumonkan in Japanese), a text compiled by the Chinese Chan (Zen) master Wumen Huihai (1183–1260).
sortorder
1
inscription
大明嘉靖年製
inscription_translation
Apocryphal inscription in the footring reading "Da Ming Jiajing nianzhi" (Made in the Great Ming dynasty, Jiajing reign, 1522–66)
sortorder
2
citations
citation
Cleveland, Richard S. <em>200 Years of Japanese Porcelain; [Exhibition]</em>. St. Louis: City Art Museum of St. Louis, 1970.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 158, pl. 49
citation
<em>Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990.
page_number
Mentioned: cat. no. 111, p. 80
citation
Sŏn, Sŭng-hye. <em>The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 23, no. 12
creditline
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
updatedAt
2026-05-29 07:12:03.959000
sourceId
140288
dept
Japanese Art
coll
Japanese Art
med
Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze color enamel and gold, with iron oxide rim (Arita ware)
thumbnail_url
image_url
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
4715be636029d382