{"data": {"id": 141928, "accession_number": "1965.468", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Phoenix-Headed Ewer, 1000s. China, possibly Guangdong Province, Xicun, Northern Song dynasty (960\u20131127). Porcelain with pale greenish-white glaze; overall: 38.7 cm (15 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1965.468", "current_location": "238 Chinese Ceramics", "title": "Phoenix-Headed Ewer", "creation_date": "1000s", "creation_date_earliest": 1000, "creation_date_latest": 1099, "artists_tags": [], "culture": ["China, possibly Guangdong Province, Xicun, Northern Song dynasty (960\u20131127)"], "technique": "porcelain with pale greenish-white glaze", "support_materials": [], "department": "Chinese Art", "collection": "China - Five Dynasties", "type": "Ceramic", "measurements": "Overall: 38.7 cm (15 1/4 in.)", "dimensions": {"overall": {"height": 0.387, "height_inch": 15, "height_inch_fraction": 0.25}}, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [], "exhibitions": {"current": [{"id": 300917, "title": "Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions", "description": "<i>Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-October 16, 1966).", "opening_date": "1966-09-10T04:00:00"}, {"id": 301895, "title": "The Colors of Ink", "description": "<i>The Colors of Ink</i>. Asia House Galleries (January 10-March 3, 1974); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-May 12, 1974).", "opening_date": "1974-01-10T04:00:00"}, {"id": 311620, "title": "Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions", "description": "<i>Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1994).", "opening_date": "1994-10-18T04:00:00"}], "legacy": []}, "provenance": [{"description": "Severance A. [1895\u20131985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903\u20131989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "?\u20131965", "sortorder": 1}, {"description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "1965\u2013", "sortorder": 2}], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": "The phoenix's beak forms a spout for pouring.", "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "Phoenix-headed ewers of this type have been unearthed at Xicun in Guangdong province. Wares with a thick and coarse body were fired in local Xicun kilns, but those with a thin and refined body\u2014such as this piece\u2014were likely produced at Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province.", "external_resources": {"wikidata": ["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60758825"], "internet_archive": ["https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1965.468-phoenix-headed-ewer"]}, "citations": [{"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 255", "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n279"}, {"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 255", "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n279"}, {"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 336", "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n356"}, {"citation": "Hopper, Robin. <em>Functional Pottery : Form and Aesthetic in Pots of Purpose</em>. 2nd ed. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2000.", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 83", "url": ""}, {"citation": "Leidy, Denise Patry. <em>Celadon on the Seas: Chinese Ceramics from the 9th to the 14th Century. </em>New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 2024.", "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 83; Reproduced: p. 74, 83, fig. 4.12", "url": ""}], "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.468", "images": {"annotation": null, "web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.468/1965.468_web.jpg", "width": "601", "height": "893", "filesize": "203053", "filename": "1965.468_web.jpg"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.468/1965.468_print.jpg", "width": "2287", "height": "3400", "filesize": "2731857", "filename": "1965.468_print.jpg"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.468/1965.468_full.tif", "width": "3543", "height": "5268", "filesize": "56021852", "filename": "1965.468_full.tif"}}, "alternate_images": [{"web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.468/1965.468_alt0_web.jpg", "width": "585", "height": "893", "filesize": "210824"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.468/1965.468_alt0_print.jpg", "width": "2227", "height": "3400", "filesize": "2894713"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.468/1965.468_alt0_full.tif", "width": "3384", "height": "5166", "filesize": "52473600"}, "date_created": "2005-09-19T15:36:58", "annotation": ""}, {"web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.468/1965.468_alt1_web.jpg", "width": "890", "height": "893", "filesize": "363660"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.468/1965.468_alt1_print.jpg", "width": "3388", "height": "3400", "filesize": "4599260"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.468/1965.468_alt1_full.tif", "width": "3526", "height": "3539", "filesize": "37464980"}, "date_created": "2005-09-19T15:46:57", "annotation": ""}], "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Severance A. 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