The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

Plum Blossom Cup

1621–27

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, "Transitional period", Ming dynasty

(1368-1644), Tianqi reign (1621-1627)
porcelain with underglaze blue and wucai (five color) overglaze enamel decoration
Overall: 6.7 x 12.6 cm (2 5/8 x 4 15/16 in.)
Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.295
Location: Not on view

Description

This porcelain cup is considered to have been made in the "Transitional period," a term used to define the period between about 1620 and 1683 when official kilns in Jingdezhen were no longer under imperial supervision due to the transition from the Ming to the Qing dynasties.
  • ?-1963
    (N. V. Hammer, New York, NY, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)
    1963-1989
    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
  • Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990. Mentioned: cat. no. 39
  • The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).
  • {{cite web|title=Plum Blossom Cup|url=false|author=|year=1621–27|access-date=18 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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