id:			154782
accession number:	1989.359
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.359
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:06.431000

Ewer in the Shape of a Dragon, 1400s. Vietnam (Annam). Porcelain with underglaze blue; overall: 28.3 x 15 cm (11 1/8 x 5 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.359

title:				Ewer in the Shape of a Dragon
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creation date:			1400s
creation date earliest:		1400
creation date latest:		1499
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creditline:			Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
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culture:	Vietnam (Annam)
technique:	porcelain with underglaze blue
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Southeast Asian
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 28.3 x 15 cm (11 1/8 x 5 7/8 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:		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

	(J. J. Baars, Zürich, Switzerland, and Surrey, England, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)
	date: ? by 1971–1976
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	Severance A. [1895–1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903–1989], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1976–1989
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1989–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990.
	page number: 	cat. no. 146
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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. 299, fig. 17, and p. 317, cat. no. 23
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161297

	Stevenson, John, John Guy, and Louise Allison Cort.<em> Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition</em>. Chicago, IL: Art Media Resources with Avery Press, 1997.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: fig. 6, p. 18
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