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Bowl with Dragons and Clouds

Date: 1368–98
Medium: porcelain with molded and incised decoration and copper-red glaze
Culture: China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Hongwu period (1368-98)
Department: Chinese Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 140240

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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.

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Credit line: Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
Provenance: ?–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