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Pair of Bowls with Xiwangmu and Attendants
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Pair of Bowls with Xiwangmu and Attendants

1662–1722 · porcelain with famille verte overglaze enamel decoration

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Xiwangmu is the name for the Queen Mother of the West, an ancient Chinese goddess.

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Credit linePair of Bowls with Xiwangmu and Attendants, 1662–1722. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi reign (1662-1722), but Chenghua mark (1465-87). Porcelain with famille verte overglaze enamel decoration; diameter: 14.3 cm (5 5/8 in.); overall: 17.8 cm (7 in.); vessel: 14.4 cm (5 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.218

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