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Source Description
The Chinese connoisseurs use the poetic term "snowflake blue" to describe the mottling effects of white blotches amid tones of blue colored with cobalt oxide. Such aesthetic effects were achieved by blowing the glaze through a bamboo tube onto the ceramic surfaces.
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Document identity
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154695
label
Dice Bowl
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object
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Source metadata
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154695
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object
title
Dice Bowl
description
The Chinese connoisseurs use the poetic term "snowflake blue" to describe the mottling effects of white blotches amid tones of blue colored with cobalt oxide. Such aesthetic effects were achieved by blowing the glaze through a bamboo tube onto the ceramic surfaces.
date
1426–35
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60756702
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.); Overall: 11.6 cm (4 9/16 in.)
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China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Xuande mark and period (1426-1435)
accession
1989.287
Source extras
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porcelain with mottled blue glaze
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Dice Bowl, 1426–35. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Xuande mark and period (1426-1435). Porcelain with mottled blue glaze; diameter: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.); overall: 11.6 cm (4 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1989.287
collection
China - Ming Dynasty
inscriptions
inscription
大明宣德年製
inscription_translation
Da Ming Xuande nianzhi (Made in the Ming dynasty, Xuande period)
inscription_remark
Six character mark of Xuande within a double circle in underglaze-blue in the interior.
citations
citation
<em>Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990.
page_number
cat. no. 46
creditline
Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
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2026-05-29 08:00:28.104000
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154695
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Chinese Art
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China - Ming Dynasty
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porcelain with mottled blue glaze
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