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Cup with Dragon and Clouds

1522-66

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

(1522-66)

Porcelain with incised decoration and white glaze

Diameter: 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in.); Overall: 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.)

Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.176

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
? before 1953
Mrs. Alfred Clark, London, UK
March 24, 1953
(Sotheby's, London, UK, March 24, 1953 sale, lot no. 32)
?-1958
(Frank Caro, New York, NY, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)
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
Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990. no. 49
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/1964.176