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Shallow Bowl

Shallow Bowl

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Central scene with a lady seated at a table, a gentleman standing, and a girl carrying flowers, followed by a little boy, possibly a servant. This image derives from a French print by the Bonnart brothers, possibly illustrating the sense of smell.
Artist
Unknown (Chinese)
Title
Shallow Bowl
Date
ca. 1700-1710
Medium
Hard-paste porcelain with blue underglaze
Dimensions
2 1/2 H x 13 1/2 diam. in. overall
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Cleaver
Accession No.
1975.113
Classification
Ceramics
Geography
China

Related

Formerly in the Mottahedeh collection. By 1973, Ethel Liebman [mother] and Arthur Liebman [son] (Milwaukee, WI); 1973, Arthur Liebman (Milwaukee, WI) sold to Mr. and Mrs. John C. Cleaver (Milwaukee, WI); September 1973, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Cleaver deposited on long-term loan to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]; 1975, gifted to Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Brawer, Catherine Coleman. "Chinese Export Porcelain." Madison, Wis.: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1992. p. 96, no. 70
  • Brawer, Catherine Coleman. "Trade Winds: The Lure of the China Trade, 16th-19th Centuries". Katonah Gallery, 1985 p. 7, no. 5

  • Chinese Export Porcelain from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Centuries: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/11/2003–8/29/2005
  • European and Chinese Export Porcelain on Loan and from the Permanent Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 7/16/1983–9/4/1983
  • Chinese Export Porcelain from the Ethel and Arthur Liebman Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 10/21/1979–1/6/1980
  • Rare Porcelain: European and Oriental Export: Elvehjem Art Center, 6/3/1974–8/11/1974

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