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Plum Blossom Cup

1621–27
(1621-1627)
porcelain with underglaze blue and wucai (five color) overglaze enamel decoration
Overall: 6.7 x 12.6 cm (2 5/8 x 4 15/16 in.)
Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.295
Location: not on view
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Description

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.
Plum Blossom Cup

Plum Blossom Cup

1621–27

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

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