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Meiping (Prunus) Vase with Dragons in Waves

1723–35

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng mark and reign

(1723-35)

Porcelain with incised and underglaze red decoration

Diameter: 17.3 cm (6 13/16 in.); Overall: 28.5 cm (11 1/4 in.)

Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.314

Location

not on view

Provenance

?-1966

Major Sir Alfred Hammond Aykroyd [1884-1965], 2nd Baronet, Wetherby, Yorkshire, consigned to Sotheby's London

17 May 1966

(Sotheby's, London, 17 May 1966, lot no. 232, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)

1966-1989

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

1989-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Sotheby's, London. An Important Collection of Chinese Porcelain. 17 May 1966. Lot 232

Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990. cat. no. 62

Wilson, J. Keith. “Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 77, no. 8, 1990, pp. 286–323. Reproduced: p. 317, cat. no. 18 www.jstor.org

Exhibition history

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

Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 24-November 25, 1990).

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Meiping (Prunus) Vase with Dragons in Waves

Meiping (Prunus) Vase with Dragons in Waves

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng mark and reign

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