id:			125872
accession number:	1948.119
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1948.119
updated:		2022-01-04 15:36:03.873000

Vase with Peony Decoration, 1000s-1100s. China, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Gray stoneware with underglaze slip decoration, Cizhou ware; diameter: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.); overall: 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William G. Mather 1948.119

title:				Vase with Peony Decoration
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creation date:			1000s-1100s
creation date earliest:		1000
creation date latest:		1199
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of William G. Mather
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culture:	China, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
technique:	Gray stoneware with underglaze slip decoration, Cizhou ware
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Song Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Diameter: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.); Overall: 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		35th Anniversary Exhibition
	opening date:   1951-06-20T04:00:00
	<i>35th Anniversary Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Chinese Pottery</em>. Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA (March 17- April 27, 1952).

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PROVENANCE

	William G. Mather [1857-1951], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1948
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1948-
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fun fact: 
The thick foot rim is unglazed, while the shallow recessed flat base is covered with white slip and chance accumulations of underglaze pigment.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Hollis, Howard C. “A Sung Dynasty Vase.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 35, no. 10, 1948, pp. 219–220.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 219-220; Reproduced: cover
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25141513

	“Part II. Annual Report Issue for the Year 1948.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 36, no. 6, 1949, pp. 111–142.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 116-117
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25141566

	“Far Eastern Art: Important Museum Accessions in 1948.” <em>The Far Eastern Quarterly</em>, vol. 9, no. 1, 1949, pp. 66–74.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 68
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/2049126

	<em>Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period Through Ch'ien Lung. A Loan Exhibition from Collections in America and Japan</em>. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1952.
	page number: 	no. 215
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 837
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n148

	Mayuyama, Junkichi 繭山順吉. <em>Chinese Ceramics in the West: Compendium of Chinese Ceramic Masterpieces in European and American Collection </em>[欧米蒐蔵中国陶磁図錄]. Tokyo: Mayuyama &amp; Co, 1960.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pl. 35
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	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

	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

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IMAGES

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