Collection Online as of March 20, 2023
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.)
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.222
Location 238 Chinese Ceramics
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.
Provenance May 28, 1963
(Sotheby's, London, May 28, 1963 sale, lot no. 123)
1963–1964
Severance A. [1895–1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903–1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1964–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Sotheby's, London. 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 . 28 May 1963. Lot no. 123. Mentioned: p. 35, lot 123; Reproduced: unpaginated plate between pp. 34 and 35, lot 123
Lee, Sherman E., and Wai-kam Ho. Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368 . Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; [distributed by the Press of Case Western Reserve University], 1968. cat. no. 165
Neils, Jenifer. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art . Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 120, p. 116
Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990. no. 40, p. 69
Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art . Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 103
Exhibition history
Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 2-November 24, 1968); Asia House Galleries (January 9-March 2, 1969).
The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-August 22, 1982).
The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).
Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 27-August 23, 2009).
