id: 125995
accession number: 1948.220
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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: Chinese Ceramics
opening date: 1994-10-12T04:00:00
Chinese Ceramics. Tokyo National Museum (organizer) (October 12-November 23, 1994).
title: Song Porcelain
opening date: 1999-03-06T00:00:00
Song Porcelain. 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
* Chinese Ceramics. Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California (March 14-April 22, 1952).
* Selected Sung Ceramics. The Japan Ceramic Society, Tokyo, Japan (April 26-May 2, 1955).
* La Chine des Sung, 960-1279. Musee Cermushi, Paris, France (Sept. 5-Nov. 10, 1956).
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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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This remarkable ewer is most likely a very early and rare type of Yaozhou ware, with the shape and decoration recalling Tang metal ware. High quality pieces like this might have been sent as tribute to the Northern Song court. Yaozhou ware, or northern celadon, appeared to have been made in the north in emulation of the southern Yue ware. But its green glaze has a deep olive-green tone, and potters fully exploited the contrasting tones of the glaze over the incised and carved decoration to create rich textural effects.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. 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. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 100, no. 104
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Hasebe, Gakuji. Sōji: shinpin to yobareta yakimono [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
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