Fluted Bowl with Dragon, Butterfly, and Flowers
early 1700s
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
Fluted Bowl with Dragon, Butterfly, and Flowers, early 1700s. Japan, Edo period (1615-1868). Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze color enamels and gold (Hizen ware, Kakiemon type); diameter: 18.6 cm (7 5/16 in.); height: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.253 A dragon encircled by sprays of flowers and a butterfly enliven the interior of this fluted bowl. The exterior has similar decoration, with touches of gold on some petals. The flutes enhance both the visual and tactile experience; their tapered forms draw the eye from the edges inward and provide ridges for the hands.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- Porcelain with underglaze blue and overglaze color enamels and gold (Hizen ware, Kakiemon type)
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 18.6 cm (7 5/16 in.); height: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 1964.253
- Credit Line
- Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
- Exhibitions
- The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, The Lure of Painted Poetry: Cross-cultural Text and Image in Korean and Japanese Art, Cleveland Museum of Art (7/5–9/2/1990): “The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection” <br>Cleveland Museum of Art, (3/27-8/28/2011); "The Lure of Painted Poetry" cat. no. 43
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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