Bowl with Birds and Flowers (1644–61): Art, History and Details

Bowl with Birds and Flowers (1644–61) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This porcelain bowl is considered to have been made in the "Transitional period," a term used to define the period between about 1620 and 1683 when official kilns in Jingdezhen were no longer under imperial supervision due to the transition from the Ming to the Qing dynasties.

Object facts

• Title: Bowl with Birds and Flowers
• Date: 1644–61
• Culture: China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), "Transitional Period," Shunzi period (1644-61)
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: porcelain with incised and sancai (3-color) enamel decoration
• Dimensions: Diameter: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.); Overall: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.)
• Collection: China - Qing Dynasty
• Department: Chinese Art
• Accession number: 1964.227

Collection credit

Severance and Greta Millikin Collection

Further reading listed by the museum

• Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990.

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