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Developments in enamel technology led to new possibilities in polychrome decoration. Pinks appeared, lending their name to the new palette of overglaze colors (famille rose), and the addition of opaque white allowed painters to vary the value of pigments, enhancing the painterly quality of porcelain decoration. As on painted scrolls and album leaves, the image is accompanied with a poem, in this case: "Branches come alive in the moonlight; Blossoms fill the autumn realms."
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140211
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Bowl with Poppies, Tree Peony, and Flowering Mimosa
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140211
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Bowl with Poppies, Tree Peony, and Flowering Mimosa
description
Developments in enamel technology led to new possibilities in polychrome decoration. Pinks appeared, lending their name to the new palette of overglaze colors (famille rose), and the addition of opaque white allowed painters to vary the value of pigments, enhancing the painterly quality of porcelain decoration. As on painted scrolls and album leaves, the image is accompanied with a poem, in this case: "Branches come alive in the moonlight; Blossoms fill the autumn realms."
date
1723–35
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q60758894
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Ceramic
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1
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Diameter: 14.1 cm (5 9/16 in.); Overall: 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.)
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China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng mark and reign (1723-1735)
accession
1964.201
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porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration
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Bowl with Poppies, Tree Peony, and Flowering Mimosa (粉彩花卉紋碗), 1723–35. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng mark and reign (1723-1735). Porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration; diameter: 14.1 cm (5 9/16 in.); overall: 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.201
titleInOriginalLanguage
粉彩花卉紋碗
collection
China - Qing Dynasty
inscriptions
inscription
大清雍正年制
inscription_translation
Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi (Made in the Qing dynasty, Yongzheng reign)
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citations
citation
Oriental Ceramic Society. <em>Enamelled Polychrome Porcelain of the Manchu Dynasty (1644-1912): Catalogue of an Exhibition</em>. London: The Society, 1951.
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cat. no. 193
citation
Sotheby's, London. <em>Fine "Famille-Rose" Porcelain in Chinese Taste</em>. July 9, 1958 sale. Lot no. 123
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Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 28-29
citation
Lee, Sherman E. <em>A History of Far Eastern Art</em>. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1982.
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Reproduced: color plate 50
citation
<em>Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990.
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Reproduced: p. 75, no. 82 and pl. 4
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
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Mentioned and Reproduced:p. 103
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Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
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2026-05-29 07:11:29.215000
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140211
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Chinese Art
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China - Qing Dynasty
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porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration
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