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Source Description
This four-sided vase with ovoid body, spreading foot, and short neck is decorated with birds, trees, and flowers in various enamels. The two dragon handles are decorated with floral designs in gold on a <em>rouge-de-fer</em> ground.
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Document identity
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122439
label
Vase with Chi-Dragon Handles and Flowers and Birds
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122439
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object
title
Vase with Chi-Dragon Handles and Flowers and Birds
description
This four-sided vase with ovoid body, spreading foot, and short neck is decorated with birds, trees, and flowers in various enamels. The two dragon handles are decorated with floral designs in gold on a <em>rouge-de-fer</em> ground.
date
1736–95
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60762339
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.)
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China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mark and period (1736-95)
accession
1942.712
Source extras
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porcelain painted in polychrome enamels over transparent glaze
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Vase with Chi-Dragon Handles and Flowers and Birds, 1736–95. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mark and period (1736-95). Porcelain painted in polychrome enamels over transparent glaze; overall: 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance, 1942.712
collection
China - Qing Dynasty
inscriptions
inscription_translation
Qianlong mark
citations
citation
Gorer, Edgar, and J. F. Blacker. <em>Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones</em>. London: B. Quaritch, 1911.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: Vol. II, pl. 226
citation
Davies, George R. <em>Collection of Old Chinese Porcelains Formed by George R. Davies</em>. London: Printed by G.W. Jones, at the sign of the Dolphin, 1913.
page_number
Mentioned: cat. no. 37, p. 15; Reproduced: plate III, facing p. 14
citation
“Chinese Porcelain in the Davies Collection.” <em>The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs</em>, vol. 23, no. 123, 1913, pp. 162–167.
citation
<em>Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 76, cat. no. 204
citation
Hollis, Howard. “Department of Oriental Art: Chinese Ceramics and Jades.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 29, no. 9, 1942, pp. 150–157.
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www.jstor.org/stable/25141018
citation
Zauhō Kankōkai 座右寶刋行會. <em>Sekai tōji zenshū</em> [Catalogue of World's Ceramics = 世界陶磁全集]. Vol. 12. 清朝篇・附安南. タイQing Dynasty, Annam, Thailand. Tōkyō: Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 1955.
page_number
p. 180, fig. 34
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 889
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 271
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 271
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 360
creditline
Bequest of John L. Severance
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2026-05-29 06:18:19.312000
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122439
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Chinese Art
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China - Qing Dynasty
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porcelain painted in polychrome enamels over transparent glaze
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