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Plate with Grapes and Floral Sprays

Plate with Grapes and Floral Sprays

1403–25
(1368-1644), Yongle period (1403-24)
Diameter: 43.2 cm (17 in.); Overall: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.)

Description

This large platter with grape and floral decoration, which is different from the small stem cups decorated with dragons nearby, was made primarily for export to southeastern and western Asia. However, a similar example bearing the Xuande reign mark has also been excavated from the Ming imperial kilns at Jingdezhen.
  • ?-1953
    (Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1953-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Garner, Harry Mason. Oriental Blue and White. London: Faber and Faber, 1954. Reproduced: pl. 14, p. 18
    Zauhō Kankōkai 座右寶刋行會. Sekai tōji zenshū [Catalogue of World's Ceramics = 世界陶磁全集]. Vol. 2. Nara, Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi hen 奈良. 平安. 鎌倉. 室町篇. Tōkyō: Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 1955. Reproduced: pl. 56
    Lee, Sherman E. “Early Ming Blue and White Porcelains.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 42, no. 2, 1955, pp. 27–31. Reproduced: p. 28 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 863 archive.org
    Mayuyama, Junkichi. Chinese Ceramics in the West: Compendium of Chinese Ceramic Masterpieces in European and American Collection. Tokyo: Mayuyama & Co, 1960. Reproduced: pl. 92
    Lee, Sherman E. A History of Far Eastern Art. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1964. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 417, fig. no. 554
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 266 archive.org
    Selected Works: Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967. Reproduced: pl. 66
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 266 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 353 archive.org
    Neils, Jenifer. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. cat. no. 124
  • The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 30-September 5, 1982).
    East-West in Art. Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN.
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