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
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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

* <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).

* <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).

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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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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.
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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, Michael R. <em>Masterworks of Asian art</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 86 - 87
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