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Meiping (Prunus) Vase with Dragons in Waves

Meiping (Prunus) Vase with Dragons in Waves

1723–35
(1644-1911), Yongzheng mark and reign (1723-35)
porcelain with incised and underglaze red decoration
Diameter: 17.3 cm (6 13/16 in.); Overall: 28.5 cm (11 1/4 in.)
Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.314
Location: not on view
  • ?-1966
    Major Sir Alfred Hammond Aykroyd [1884-1965], 2nd Baronet, Wetherby, Yorkshire, consigned to Sotheby's London
    17 May 1966
    (Sotheby's, London, 17 May 1966, lot no. 232, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin)
    1966-1989
    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
  • Sotheby's, London. An Important Collection of Chinese Porcelain. 17 May 1966. Lot 232
    Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990. cat. no. 62
    Wilson, J. Keith. “Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 77, no. 8, 1990, pp. 286–323. Reproduced: p. 317, cat. no. 18 25161297
  • Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 24-November 25, 1990).
    The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).
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