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Source Description
Bowl such as this, with kinrande (gold-engraved) decoration over monochrome enamels, may have been made originally for export to Japan. On the base of this bowl are an underglaze blue inscription, reading "Fine vessel for the rich and honorable (fugui jiaqi)," as well as a modern registration mark "PDF A552" to indicate that it was formerly in the Sir Percival David collection in London. A similar kinrande bowl can be found in the Percival David Foundation, PDF A549.
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154706
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Bowl with Lotus Scrolls
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154706
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title
Bowl with Lotus Scrolls
description
Bowl such as this, with kinrande (gold-engraved) decoration over monochrome enamels, may have been made originally for export to Japan. On the base of this bowl are an underglaze blue inscription, reading "Fine vessel for the rich and honorable (fugui jiaqi)," as well as a modern registration mark "PDF A552" to indicate that it was formerly in the Sir Percival David collection in London. A similar kinrande bowl can be found in the Percival David Foundation, PDF A549.
date
1500s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60757190
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Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 6.4 x 12.1 cm (2 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.); Overall: 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.)
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China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
accession
1989.297
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porcelain with burnished and engraved gold (kinrande) decoration on green overglaze enamel
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Bowl with Lotus Scrolls (金襴手茶碗), 1500s. China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Porcelain with burnished and engraved gold (kinrande) decoration on green overglaze enamel; diameter: 6.4 x 12.1 cm (2 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.); overall: 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1989.297
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金襴手茶碗
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China - Ming Dynasty
inscriptions
inscription
Fine vessel for the rich and honorable (fugui jiaqi)
citations
citation
<em>The Arts of the Ming Dynasty: Catalogue of an Exhibition Organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Oriental Ceramic Society, November 15th to December 14th 1957</em>. London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1957.
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no. 111
citation
Sotheby's, London. <em>Important Chinese Ceramics</em>. October 15, 1968.
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Lot no. 109
citation
<em>Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990.
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Mentioned: no. 38
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Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
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2026-05-29 08:00:33.305000
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154706
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Chinese Art
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China - Ming Dynasty
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porcelain with burnished and engraved gold (kinrande) decoration on green overglaze enamel
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