Cleveland Museum of Art

Plum Blossom Cup

Date

1621–27

Medium

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

Culture

China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, "Transitional period", Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Tianqi reign (1621-1627)

Department

Chinese Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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.

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