id:			140170
accession number:	1964.169
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.169
updated:		2025-09-25 11:11:10.104000

Stem Cup with Dragon Pursuing Flaming Jewel, 1300s. China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen kilns, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368). Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue and molded decoration; diameter: 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.); overall: 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.169

title:				Stem Cup with Dragon Pursuing Flaming Jewel
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creation date:			1300s
creation date earliest:		1300
creation date latest:		1399
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creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
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culture:	China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen kilns, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
technique:	porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue and molded decoration
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Yuan Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Diameter: 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.); Overall: 11.8 cm (4 5/8 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:		The Legacy of Genghis Khan:  Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia 1256-1353
	opening date:   2002-10-28T00:00:00
	<i>The Legacy of Genghis Khan:  Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia 1256-1353</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (October 28, 2002-February 16, 2003); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (April 13-July 27, 2003).

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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>Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 1-November 24, 1968); Asia House, New York, NY (January 16-March 2, 1969).', 'opening_date': '1968-10-01T00:00:00'}

* {'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 Stevenson, Boston, MA
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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: November 28, 1958-1964
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1964-
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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. 8
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	Lee, Sherman E., and Wai-kam Ho. <em>Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; [distributed by the Press of Case Western Reserve University], 1968.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 130
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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: 	cat. no. 118
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	<em>Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990.
	page number: 	cat. no. 25
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	Komaroff, Linda, and Stefano Carboni. <em>The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256-1353</em>. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press [distributor], 2002.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat no. 192, p. 285; fig. 18, p. 21
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