Bowl with Birds and Flowers
Unknown Artist
1644–61
Medium
porcelain with incised and sancai (3-color) enamel decoration
Dimensions
h. 9.2 cm · diam. 17.5 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
Accession Number
1964.227
About this artwork
This porcelain bowl is considered to have been made in the "Transitional period," a term used to define the period between about 1620 and 1683 when official kilns in Jingdezhen were no longer under imperial supervision due to the transition from the Ming to the Qing dynasties.