Jar with Dragons Pursuing Flaming Jewels

Cleveland Museum of Art

Jar with Dragons Pursuing Flaming Jewels

Date
1522–66
Medium
procelain with wucai (five color) overglaze enamel decoration
Culture
China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Jiajing mark and reign (1522-66)
Department
Chinese Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
154700

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The exterior of this jar is ornamented with two rampant five-clawed dragons boldly drawn in rouge de fer . The dragons are in pursuit of the sacred jewel amid cloud scrolls in green and yellow, flanked at the top and bottom with broad registers of cloud scrolls and gadroons. The underfoot is glazed and bears a six-character nianhao in the form of a vertical mark reading "Daming Jiajing nianzhi," enclosed in double rings in underglaze cobalt blue. The interior is glazed white porcelain.

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Credit line
Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
Provenance
(Ralph Chait, New York, NY, sold to Severance and Greta Millikin) | ?-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

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