Cleveland Museum of Art
Vase with Floral Scrolls
- Date
- 1600s
- Medium
- cloisonné enamel
- Culture
- China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 144661
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
In cloisonné enameling, the decorative patterns are outlined by soldering metal wires (usually copper) to a metal base, creating a network of cells, or cloisons, to be filled with powdered enamels. Here. a turquoise ground separates the stylized chrysanthemum flower and leaf pattern, which winds around the neck and body. After firing, the enamels are polished to create a smooth surface level with the cloisons. The exposed metal surfaces are gilt.
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- Credit line
- The Norweb Collection
- Provenance
- ?–1969: Mrs. R. Henry [Emery May Holden] Norweb [1895–1984], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1969–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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