id:			140240
accession number:	1964.222
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.222
updated:		2023-03-14 10:01:06.758000

Bowl with Dragons and Clouds, 1368–98. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Hongwu period (1368-98). Porcelain with molded and incised decoration and copper-red glaze; diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.); overall: 5 cm (1 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.222

title:				Bowl with Dragons and Clouds
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creation date:			1368–98
creation date earliest:		1368
creation date latest:		1398
current location:		238 Chinese Ceramics
creditline:			Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Hongwu period (1368-98)
technique:	porcelain with molded and incised decoration and copper-red glaze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Ming Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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catalogue raisonne: 

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measurements: Diameter: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.); Overall: 5 cm (1 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)
	opening date:   1968-10-02T04:00:00
	<i>Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 2-November 24, 1968); Asia House Galleries (January 9-March 2, 1969).

	title:		The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   1982-06-20T04:00:00
	<i>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-August 22, 1982).

	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:		Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2009-06-27T04:00:00
	<i>Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 27-August 23, 2009).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	V. W. Shriro, Esq.
	date: ?–1963
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	(Sotheby's, London, May 28, 1963 sale, lot no. 123)
	date: May 28, 1963
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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: 1963–1964
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1964–
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wall description:
Fragments of bowls with unglazed foot rings and molded and incised ornament very similar to this extremely rare piece have been excavated at the early Ming dynasty site of the Hongwu palace at Nanjing.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Sotheby's, London. <em>Important Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes and Jades; Early Chinese Ceramics; T'ang Pottery; Sung Wares; Yuan and Ming Wares; Highly Important Ritual Bronzes and a Fine Collection of Jade Carvings</em>. 28 May 1963. Lot no. 123.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 35, lot 123; Reproduced: unpaginated plate between pp. 34 and 35, lot 123
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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: 	cat. no. 165
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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: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 120, p. 116
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	<em>Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. </em>Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990.
	page number: 	no. 40, p. 69
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 103
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