id:			97532
accession number:	1917.13
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.13
updated:		2023-08-23 18:18:04.654000

Jar, 1522–66. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Jiajing mark and reign (1522-66). Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration; overall: 34.6 cm (13 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Worcester R. Warner Collection 1917.13

title:				Jar
title in original language:	青花瓷罐
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			1522–66
creation date earliest:		1522
creation date latest:		1566
current location:		
creditline:			Worcester R. Warner Collection
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Jiajing mark and reign (1522-66)
technique:	porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Ming Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 34.6 cm (13 5/8 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	大明嘉靖年製
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Japanese Screens from the Museum and Cleveland Collections
	opening date:   1977-03-23T05:00:00
	<i>Japanese Screens from the Museum and Cleveland Collections</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 23-May 8, 1977).

	title:		Stories From Storage
	opening date:   2021-02-07T05:00:00
	<i>Stories From Storage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>The Arts of China from The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH (February 27-April 10, 1983).

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PROVENANCE

	Magrath Collection
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	Worcester R. Warner [1846-1929], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1917
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1917-
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fun fact:
The jar with brilliant cobalt blue decoration depicts the four seasons and stages in the life of a scholar-official.

digital description:
The jar is painted with vibrant underglaze cobalt blue depicting the four seasons and stages in the life of a scholar-official.<br> <br>In the first scene, a scholar leaves his home in spring hoping to pass the civil service examinations in the city. In the autumn scene, he successfully returns on a horse, prepared for a career at court. The summer scene shows him as an aged man watching his offspring play along a lake. The winter scene depicts him writing while attendants offer him hot tea and break the ice for fresh water from the pond in the foreground.

wall description:

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