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Collection Online as of December 7, 2023

Bowl with Dragons in Waves

1506–21

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Zhengde mark and reign

(1506-21)

Porcelain with incised decoration and green overglaze enamel and resist enamel decoration on biscuit

Overall: 7.4 x 16.5 cm (2 15/16 x 6 1/2 in.)

Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.290

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

大明正德年製

Inscription Translation

Da Ming Zhengde nian zhi (Made in the Zhengde reign of the Ming dynasty)

Inscription Remark

Six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle on the base

Provenance
Guy Mayer, New York, NY
?–1958
(Frank Caro [1904-1980], New York, NY, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)
1958–1989
Severance A. [1895-1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903-1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1989–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990. Mentioned: cat. no. 36
Exhibition history

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

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1989.290