id: 154704 accession number: 1989.295 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.295 updated: Plum Blossom Cup, 1621–27. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, "Transitional period", Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Tianqi reign (1621-1627). Porcelain with underglaze blue and wucai (five color) overglaze enamel decoration; overall: 6.7 x 12.6 cm (2 5/8 x 4 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.295 title: Plum Blossom Cup title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1621–27 creation date earliest: 1621 creation date latest: 1627 current location: creditline: Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin copyright: --- culture: China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, "Transitional period", Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Tianqi reign (1621-1627) technique: porcelain with underglaze blue and wucai (five color) overglaze enamel decoration department: Chinese Art collection: China - Ming Dynasty type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 6.7 x 12.6 cm (2 5/8 x 4 15/16 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (N. V. Hammer, New York, NY, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin) date: ?-1963 footnotes: citations: Severance A. [1895-1985] and Greta Millikin [1903-1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1963-1989 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1989- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: This porcelain cup is considered to have been made in the "Transitional period," a term used to define the period between about 1620 and 1683 when official kilns in Jingdezhen were no longer under imperial supervision due to the transition from the Ming to the Qing dynasties. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990. page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 39 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1989.295/1989.295_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1989.295/1989.295_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1989.295/1989.295_full.tif