Plum Blossom Cup
Unknown Artist
1621–27
Medium
porcelain with underglaze blue and wucai (five color) overglaze enamel decoration
Dimensions
6.7 × 12.6 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
Accession Number
1989.295
About this artwork
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.