Dish (1465–87): Art, History and Details

Dish (1465–87) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

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

Former director Sherman Lee stressed the significance of technical innovation in his study of Chinese ceramics. He believed that "in the great Chinese [ceramic] tradition one can say that its major theme is the development and refinement of monochrome stoneware and porcelain . . . [E]ven in the Ming and Qing dynasties, equal attention was given to monochrome reds and yellows." This masterpiece of Ming monochrome ware was part of the Millikins' generous bequest, one that significantly augmented the museum's already strong holdings of Chinese ceramics. Lee pointed out that with this bequest the museum's collection is "reasonably complete and, even better, represented by works of high quality."

Object facts

• Title: Dish
• Date: 1465–87
• Culture: China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Chenghua mark and period (1465-1487)
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: porcelain with yellow glaze
• Dimensions: Diameter: 21.5 cm (8 7/16 in.)
• Collection: China - Ming Dynasty
• Department: Chinese Art
• Accession number: 1989.288

Collection credit

Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin

Further reading listed by the museum

• House of Art. Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, n.d.
• Neils, Jenifer. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
• Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990.

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