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Gourd Flask with Floral Medallion

1403–24

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Yongle period

(1403-24)

Porcelain with incised decoration and white glaze

Overall: 28.1 x 20.4 cm (11 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.182

Location

238 Chinese Ceramics

Provenance
?-1961
(N. V. Hammer, New York, NY, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)
1961-1964
Severance A. [1895-1985] and Greta Millikin [1903-1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1964-
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan 國立故宮博物院 . Hai wai yi zhen: taoci [海外遺珎. 陶瓷 = Chinese art in overseas collections, pottery & porcelain]. Zhonghua min guo Taibei Shi Shilin qu 中華民國台北市士林區: Guo li gu gong bo wu yuan, 1986. Mentioned: no. 132
Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990. Mentioned: cat. no. 42
Exhibition history

Imperial Porcelains of the Ming Dynasty. Mathias Komor, New York, NY (March 1951).

The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).

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