Cloisonné Bowl

Maker(s)
Artist: Kuo Ming Chaio (China, 1917-2014)
Historical period(s)
Modern period, 1985
Medium
Cloisonné enamel on metal
Dimensions
H x Diam: 16.5 x 36.9 cm (6 1/2 x 14 1/2 in)
Geography
Taiwan, Taibei
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Hale Clague
Collection
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Accession Number
S1992.3
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Cloisonne, Vessel
Type

Bowl

Keywords
goldfish, Modern period (1912 - present)
Provenance

Robert Kuo [1]

To 1992
Robert Hale Clague, Phoenix, AZ, purchased from Robert Kuo, to 1992 [2]

From 1992
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, given by Robert Hale Clague in 1992

Notes:

[1] The donor purchased the object from Robert Kuo, son of the artist and himself a cloisonné artist (according to Provenance Remark 1 in the object record).

[2] See note 1.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Robert Hale Clague
Robert Kuo

Published References
  • Ursula Roberts. Article on the artist. vol. 15, no.5 Hong Kong, September/October 1985. .
  • Louise Allison Cort. Twentieth-century Asian Crafts in the Sackler Gallery. vol. XLIII no. 3. p. 24, fig. 16.
  • Chen Yuan. You ji jinyu yi: Cong chuantong zhong chuangzin zhanpin [From Skilled Technique to Art: Exhibition Objects that Display New Creativity from Within Tradition]. no. 84 Taipei, March 1990. pp. 42-44.
Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art, Contemporary Art
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