Hexagonal Flower Pot
1300s–1400s
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Hexagonal Flower Pot, 1300s–1400s. China, Henan province, Yuxian, Juntai, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Porcelaneous stoneware, numbered Jun ware; overall: 12.5 x 15 cm (4 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.661.1
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- porcelaneous stoneware, numbered Jun ware
- Medium
- porcelaneous, stoneware, numbered, jun, ware
- Dimensions
- Overall: 12.5 x 15 cm (4 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 八 Translation: 8 Inscription: 明窓用 Translation: For use in the Study of Illumination (Mingchuang yong) Inscription: 養心殿 Translation: Hall of Cultivating the Mind (Yangxin Dian)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1942.661.1
- Credit Line
- Bequest of John L. Severance
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 238 Chinese Ceramics
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