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Dish with Brocade

Dish with Brocade

late 1600s
(1615–1868)
Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze enamel (Hizen ware, Nabeshima type)
Diameter: 15.2 cm (6 in.); Overall: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.252
Location: 235A Japanese

Did You Know?

Designs on Nabeshima ware, like this dish, were often inspired by Japanese textiles.
  • ?-1959
    (Harry C. Nail, Jr. [1909–1990], El Dorado, Arkansas, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)
    1959-1964
    Severance A. [1895-1985] and Greta Millikin [1903-1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1964-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Neils, Jenifer. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 151–152, no. 155
  • Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 2-July 9, 2018).
    Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 18-November 17, 2004).
    Later Japanese Art Gallery Rotation (Gallery 113). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 20-May 6, 2003).
    Asian Autumn: Splendid Variety: 18th-Century Art in Japan. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1993-March 6, 1994).
    The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).
    The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 30-September 5, 1982).
    Japanese Decorative Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (August 30-October 15, 1961).
    Kakiemon, imari, and nabeshima. Japan Ceramic Society (May 26-June 7, 1959).
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