Description
The Chinese connoisseurs use the poetic term "snowflake blue" to describe the mottling effects of white blotches amid tones of blue colored with cobalt oxide. Such aesthetic effects were achieved by blowing the glaze through a bamboo tube onto the ceramic surfaces.
Provenance
(Sotheby's London, England, May 16, 1967 sale, lot no. 95, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin) (May 16, 1967); Severance A. [1895–1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903–1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art (1967–1989); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1989–)
Accession Number
1989.287
Medium
porcelain with mottled blue glaze
Dimensions
Diameter: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.); Overall: 11.6 cm (4 9/16 in.)
Classification
Ceramic
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
