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Pair of Hexagonal Flower Pots

Pair of Hexagonal Flower Pots

1300s–1400s
(1368-1644)
porcelaneous stoneware, numbered Jun ware
Overall: 12.5 x 15 cm (4 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.); Part 2: 13.4 x 14 cm (5 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.661
Location: 238 Chinese Ceramics

Description

This deep hexagonal flowerpot, one of a pair in the collection, is numbered "8" and bears additional inscriptions to indicate specifically the location of its usage within the palace: "for use in the Study of Illumination (Mingchuang yong)" within the "Hall of Cultivating the Mind (Yangxin Dian)" of the Forbidden City. The inscriptions seem to suggest the Qing imperial provenance of this pair.
  • ?–1942
    John L. Severance [1863–1936], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1942–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • John Long Severance Art Collection Photographs: Old Chinese Porcelains, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. Mentioned: p. 31; Reproduced: p. 33 archive.org
    Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942. Reproduced: p. [61], Plate XXX, cat. no. 138-139; Mention: p. 66, cat. no. 138-139 archive.org
    Hollis, Howard. “Department of Oriental Art: Chinese Ceramics and Jades.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 29, no. 9 (November 1942): 150–157. Reproduced: p. 155 www.jstor.org
    Kerr, Rose. Dazzling Official Jun Wares: From Museums and Collections Around the World. [Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK] : ACC Art Books, 2021. Reproduced: P. 107, no. 68
  • Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).
  • {{cite web|title=Pair of Hexagonal Flower Pots|url=false|author=|year=1300s–1400s|access-date=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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