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Collection Online as of June 8, 2023

Round Covered Box with Medallions

1522–66

Part of a set. See all set records

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

(1522-66)

Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration

Diameter: 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.); Overall: 3.4 cm (1 5/16 in.)

Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.211.a

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
?-1960
(J. T. Tai, New York, NY, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)
-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. p. 68, no. 32
Exhibition history

1990 Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, July 5-September 2, 1990: no. 32

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