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Stem Cup with Dragon Pursuing Flaming Jewel

1300s

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Yuan dynasty

(1271-1368)

Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue and molded decoration

Diameter: 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.); Overall: 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.)

Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.169

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Description

The stem cup as a porcelain vessel shape was introduced to China by the Mongols from Northeast Asia when they ruled the country in the 14th century.

Provenance

Geoffrey Stevenson, Boston, MA

November 28, 1958-1964

Severance A. [1895-1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903-1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art

1964-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Ming Blue-and-White: An Exhibition of Blue-Decorated Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty. Philadelphia, PA: [Museum of Art], 1949. no. 8

Lee, Sherman E., and Wai-kam Ho. Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; [distributed by the Press of Case Western Reserve University], 1968. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 130

Neils, Jenifer. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. cat. no. 118

Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990. cat. no. 25

Komaroff, Linda, and Stefano Carboni. The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256-1353. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press [distributor], 2002. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat no. 192, p. 285; fig. 18, p. 21

Exhibition history

Ming Blue and White: an exhibition of blue-decorated porcelain of the Ming dynasty. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (October 29-December 4, 1949).

Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 1-November 24, 1968); Asia House, New York, NY (January 16-March 2, 1969).

The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 30-September 5, 1982).

The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).

The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia 1256-1353. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (October 28, 2002-February 16, 2003); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (April 13-July 27, 2003).

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