id:			140167
accession number:	1964.166
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.166
updated:		2025-02-09 02:58:35.365000

Brush Washer with Dragons, 1426–35. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Xuande reign (1426-35). Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration; diameter: 18 cm (7 1/16 in.); overall: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.166

title:				Brush Washer with Dragons
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creation date:			1426–35
creation date earliest:		1426
creation date latest:		1435
current location:		238 Chinese Ceramics
creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
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culture:	China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Xuande reign (1426-35)
technique:	porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Ming Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Diameter: 18 cm (7 1/16 in.); Overall: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
	opening date:   1990-07-05T04:00:00
	<i>The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).

	title:		Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
	opening date:   1991-06-07T04:00:00
	<i>Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Ming Blue and White: an exhibition of blue-decorated porcelain of the Ming dynasty</em>. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (October 29-December 4, 1949).', 'opening_date': '1949-10-29T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 30-September 5, 1982).', 'opening_date': '1982-06-30T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Geoffrey Stevenon, Boston, MA
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	(Frank Caro, New York, NY, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)
	date: ?-1964
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	Severance A. [1895-1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903-1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1964
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1964-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Ming Blue-and-White: An Exhibition of Blue-Decorated Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty</em>. Philadelphia, PA: [Museum of Art], 1949.
	page number: 	no. 43
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	Neils, Jenifer. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
	page number: 	no. 123
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	Cunningham, <em>Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. Masterworks of Asian Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 86–87
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