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Source Description
The painted decoration in this box cover provides an interesting image of the antiquities and objects being collected in the Chinese scholar’s desk—all of which are emblems of taste, status, and affluence. Connoisseurship, art cataloguing, art historical study, and elegant social gatherings developed alongside art collecting as part of the Chinese literati culture.
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154724
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Square Covered Box with Hundred Antiquities
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154724
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Square Covered Box with Hundred Antiquities
description
The painted decoration in this box cover provides an interesting image of the antiquities and objects being collected in the Chinese scholar’s desk—all of which are emblems of taste, status, and affluence. Connoisseurship, art cataloguing, art historical study, and elegant social gatherings developed alongside art collecting as part of the Chinese literati culture.
date
1723–35
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q60755716
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Ceramic
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import
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Overall: 4 x 7.5 cm (1 9/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
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China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng mark and reign (1723–35)
accession
1989.309
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porcelain with famille rose overglaze enamel decoration
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Square Covered Box with Hundred Antiquities, 1723–35. China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng mark and reign (1723–35). Porcelain with famille rose overglaze enamel decoration; overall: 4 x 7.5 cm (1 9/16 x 2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1989.309
collection
China - Qing Dynasty
didYouKnow
An auspicious <em>lingzhi </em>mushroom was painted on the base.
citations
citation
<em>Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990.
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Mentioned: p. 76, no. 85
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Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
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2026-05-29 08:00:44.792000
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154724
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Chinese Art
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China - Qing Dynasty
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porcelain with famille rose overglaze enamel decoration
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