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Square Covered Box with Hundred Antiquities
1723–35
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The painted decoration on the cover that pairs with this base provides an interesting image of the antiquities and objects being collected in the Chinese scholar’s desk—all of which are emblems of taste, status, and affluence. Connoisseurship, art cataloguing, art historical study, and elegant social gatherings developed alongside art collecting as part of the Chinese literati culture.
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- Title: Square Covered Box with Hundred Antiquities
- Date Created: 1723–35
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 4 x 7.5 cm (1 9/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
- Provenance: Frederick T. Fuller, (Christie's, London, June 28, 1965, no. 21), (John Sparks, Ltd., London, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin), Severance A. [1895-1985] and Greta Millikin [1903-1989], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.309.a
- Medium: porcelain with famille rose overglaze enamel decoration
- Fun Fact: An auspicious <em>lingzhi </em>mushroom was painted on the base.
- Department: Chinese Art
- Culture: China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng mark and reign (1723-35)
- Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
- Collection: China - Qing Dynasty
- Accession Number: 1989.309.a
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