id: 140167 accession number: 1964.166 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.166 updated: 2022-06-15 09:00:34.215000 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1426–35 creation date earliest: 1426 creation date latest: 1435 current location: 238 Chinese Ceramics creditline: Severance and Greta Millikin Collection copyright: --- 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 find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 18 cm (7 1/16 in.); Overall: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection opening date: 1990-07-05T04:00:00 The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. 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 Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Ming Blue and White: an exhibition of blue-decorated porcelain of the Ming dynasty. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (October 29-December 4, 1949). * The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 30-September 5, 1982). --- PROVENANCE Geoffrey Stevenon, Boston, MA date: footnotes: citations: (Frank Caro, New York, NY, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin) date: ?-1964 footnotes: citations: Severance A. [1895-1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903-1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1964 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1964- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The attractive tonal range found in the painted decoration, resulting from the irregular size of cobalt bits in the pigment, and the pocked glaze surface identify this stunning brush washer as a classic Xuande period piece despite the absence of a reign mark. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Ming Blue-and-White: An Exhibition of Blue-Decorated Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty. Philadelphia, PA: [Museum of Art], 1949. page number: no. 43 url: Neils, Jenifer. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. page number: no. 123 url: Cunningham, Michael R. Masterworks of Asian art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998. page number: Reproduced: p. 86 - 87 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.166/1964.166_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.166/1964.166_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1964.166/1964.166_full.tif