Fluted Bowl with Dragon, Butterfly, and Flowers (early 1700s): Art, History and Details

Fluted Bowl with Dragon, Butterfly, and Flowers (early 1700s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

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

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.

Object facts

• Title: Fluted Bowl with Dragon, Butterfly, and Flowers
• Date: early 1700s
• Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: 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.)
• Collection: Japanese Art
• Department: Japanese Art
• Accession number: 1964.253

Collection credit

Severance and Greta Millikin Collection

Further reading listed by the museum

• Cleveland Museum of Art, and Sŏn Sŭng-hye. The Lure of Painted Poetry: Japanese and Korean Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2011.

View the collection record

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