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Source Description
The attractive tonal range found in the painted decoration, resulting from the irregular size of cobalt bits in the pigment, and the pocked glaze surface identify this stunning brush washer as a classic Xuande period piece despite the absence of a reign mark.
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140167
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Brush Washer with Dragons
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140167
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object
title
Brush Washer with Dragons
description
The attractive tonal range found in the painted decoration, resulting from the irregular size of cobalt bits in the pigment, and the pocked glaze surface identify this stunning brush washer as a classic Xuande period piece despite the absence of a reign mark.
date
1426–35
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CC0
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en
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Q60756907
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Ceramic
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1
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dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 18 cm (7 1/16 in.); Overall: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.)
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China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Xuande reign (1426-35)
accession
1964.166
Source extras
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porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
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Brush Washer with Dragons, 1426–35. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Xuande reign (1426-35). Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration; diameter: 18 cm (7 1/16 in.); overall: 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.166
collection
China - Ming Dynasty
citations
citation
<em>Ming Blue-and-White: An Exhibition of Blue-Decorated Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty</em>. Philadelphia, PA: [Museum of Art], 1949.
page_number
no. 43
citation
Neils, Jenifer. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
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no. 123
citation
Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review: Selections 1989.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 77, no. 2 (February 1990): 38–78.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 40
citation
Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson.<em> Masterworks of Asian Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 86–87
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Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
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2026-05-29 07:10:58.532000
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140167
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Chinese Art
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China - Ming Dynasty
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porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
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