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Bowl with Dragons and Clouds

Bowl with Dragons and Clouds

1368–98
(1368-1644), Hongwu period (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.
  • ?–1963
    V. W. Shriro, Esq.
    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
  • 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
  • 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).
    The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).
    The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-August 22, 1982).
    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).
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