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Bulb Bowl

Bulb Bowl

1300s–1400s
(1271-1368) - Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
Porcelaneous stoneware, numbered Jun ware
Overall: 7 x 20.3 cm (2 3/4 x 8 in.)
Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.660
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

The circle of 20 spur marks on base show where the bowl was supported during firing.
  • ?–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. 27, no. 139; Reproduced: p. 29 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. 137; Mention: p. 66, cat. no. 137 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: pp. 244–245, no. 161
  • Exhibition of the Month: Historic Flower Containers. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 31, 1952-March 3, 1953).
    Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1942.660