The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

Cup with Dragons and Phoenixes

1522–66

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty

(1368-1644), Jiajing mark and reign (1522-66)
porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
Diameter: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); Overall: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.)
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.171
Location: Not on view
  • Shen Jianhua, Hong Kong
    ?-1959
    (Frank Caro, New York, NY, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)
    1959-1964
    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
  • Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990. Mentioned: no. 30, pp. 67-68
  • The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).
  • {{cite web|title=Cup with Dragons and Phoenixes|url=false|author=|year=1522–66|access-date=18 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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