id:			154732
accession number:	1989.314
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.314
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Meiping (Prunus) Vase with Dragons in Waves, 1723–35. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng mark and reign (1723-35). Porcelain with incised and underglaze red decoration; diameter: 17.3 cm (6 13/16 in.); overall: 28.5 cm (11 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.314

title:				Meiping (Prunus) Vase with Dragons in Waves
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creation date:			1723–35
creation date earliest:		1723
creation date latest:		1735
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creditline:			Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
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culture:	China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng mark and reign (1723-35)
technique:	porcelain with incised and underglaze red decoration
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Qing Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Diameter: 17.3 cm (6 13/16 in.); Overall: 28.5 cm (11 1/4 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:		Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia
	opening date:   1990-07-24T04:00:00
	<i>Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 24-November 25, 1990).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Major Sir Alfred Hammond Aykroyd [1884-1965], 2nd Baronet, Wetherby, Yorkshire, consigned to Sotheby's London
	date: ?-1966
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	(Sotheby's, London, 17 May 1966, lot no. 232, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)
	date: 17 May 1966
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	Severance A. [1895-1985] and Greta Millikin [1903-1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1966-1989
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1989-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Sotheby's, London. <em>An Important Collection of Chinese Porcelain</em>. 17 May 1966.
	page number: 	Lot 232
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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. 62
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	Wilson, J. Keith. “Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 77, no. 8, 1990, pp. 286–323.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 317, cat. no. 18
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25161297

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