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Square Jar

1522-66

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Jiajing mark and reign

(1522-66)

Porcelain with white glaze

Diameter: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.); Overall: 12.1 x 10.1 cm (4 3/4 x 4 in.)

Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.174

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

大明嘉靖年製

Inscription Translation

Da Ming Jiajing nian zhi

Inscription Remark

Made in the Ming dynasty, Jiajing period

Provenance
?-1957
(Nagatani, Inc., Chicago, IL, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)
1957-1964
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
Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990. pp. 70-71, no. 50
Exhibition history

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

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1964.174