id: 134755 accession number: 1957.29 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1957.29 updated: 2020-11-04 20:44:39.822000 Jar, 900s. Northeast China, Liao dynasty (916-1125). White porcelain with combed and incised decoration; diameter: 12.8 x 12.5 cm (5 1/16 x 4 15/16 in.); overall: 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1957.29 title: Jar title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 900s creation date earliest: 900 creation date latest: 999 current location: 239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Northeast China, Liao dynasty (916-1125) technique: white porcelain with combed and incised decoration department: Chinese Art collection: China - Liao Dynasty type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 12.8 x 12.5 cm (5 1/16 x 4 15/16 in.); Overall: 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Men-chu Wang, Seller's No. 2 date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This finely potted vessel has an off-white porcelain body covered with a transparent glaze, giving an overall warm white color. A lattice of foliage patterns is combed and incised in the clay; the bold, uninhibited decoration interacts with the compact ceramic form and the subtle glazing to give it a special aesthetic appeal. --- RELATED WORKS --- 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. 833 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n147 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. 252 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n276 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. 252 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n276 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. 335 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n355 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1957.29/1957.29_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1957.29/1957.29_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1957.29/1957.29_full.tif