Collection Online as of December 7, 2023

Plum Blossom Cup

1621–27

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, "Transitional period", Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Tianqi reign

(1621-1627)

Porcelain with underglaze blue and wucai (five color) overglaze enamel decoration

Overall: 6.7 x 12.6 cm (2 5/8 x 4 15/16 in.)

Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.295

Location

not on view

Description

This porcelain cup is considered to have been made in the "Transitional period," a term used to define the period between about 1620 and 1683 when official kilns in Jingdezhen were no longer under imperial supervision due to the transition from the Ming to the Qing dynasties.

Provenance

?-1963

(N. V. Hammer, New York, NY, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)

1963-1989

Severance A. [1895-1985] and Greta 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. 39

Exhibition history

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