id:			125995
accession number:	1948.220
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1948.220
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:08.815000

Ewer with a Lion-shaped Spout, 900s-1000s. China, Shaanxi province, Tongchuan, Huangbaozhen, Five Dynasties period (907-960) or Northern Song dynasty (960-1126). Green-glazed porcelaneous stoneware with modeled, carved and incised decoration, Yaozhou ware; overall: 18.3 cm (7 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1948.220

title:				Ewer with a Lion-shaped Spout
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creation date:			900s-1000s
creation date earliest:		900
creation date latest:		1099
current location:		238 Chinese Ceramics
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	China, Shaanxi province, Tongchuan, Huangbaozhen, Five Dynasties period (907-960) or Northern Song dynasty (960-1126)
technique:	green-glazed porcelaneous stoneware with modeled, carved and incised decoration, Yaozhou ware
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Song Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 18.3 cm (7 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   1982-06-20T04:00:00
	<i>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-August 22, 1982).

	title:		Chinese Ceramics
	opening date:   1994-10-12T04:00:00
	<i>Chinese Ceramics</i>. Tokyo National Museum (organizer) (October 12-November 23, 1994).

	title:		Song Porcelain
	opening date:   1999-03-06T00:00:00
	<i>Song Porcelain</i>. Tobu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan (March 6-April 13, 1999); Museum of Oriental Ceramics Osaka, Japan (April 25-June 13, 1999); Hagi Uragami Museum, Yamaguchi (June 20-August 15, 1999).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Chinese Ceramics</em>. Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California (March 14-April 22, 1952).', 'opening_date': '1952-03-14T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Selected Sung Ceramics</em>. The Japan Ceramic Society, Tokyo, Japan (April 26-May 2, 1955).', 'opening_date': '1955-04-26T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>La Chine des Sung, 960-1279</em>. Musee Cermushi, Paris, France (Sept. 5-Nov. 10, 1956).', 'opening_date': '1956-09-05T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Dikran G. Kelekian [1867-1951], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1948
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1948-present
	date: 1948-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	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. 842
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n148

	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. 256
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n280

	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. 256
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n280

	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. 337
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n357

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 100, no. 104
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	Hasebe, Gakuji. <em>Sōji: shinpin to yobareta yakimono</em> [Song ceramics = 宋磁 : 神品とよばれたやきもの]. [Tokyo?]: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1999.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 11
	url:		

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