id:			134843
accession number:	1957.40
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1957.40
updated:		2019-04-22 10:48:28.017000

Brush Washer, late 1000s-1127. China, Henan Province, Baofeng, Qingliangsi, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Porcelaneous stoneware, Ru ware; diameter: 12.8 cm (5 1/16 in.); overall: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1957.40

title:				Brush Washer
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creation date:			late 1000s-1127
creation date earliest:		1075
creation date latest:		1127
current location:		238 Chinese Ceramics
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	China, Henan Province, Baofeng, Qingliangsi, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
technique:	porcelaneous stoneware, Ru ware
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Song Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

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measurements: Diameter: 12.8 cm (5 1/16 in.); Overall: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Honoring Sherman Lee
	opening date:   2009-06-28T00:00:00
	<i>Honoring Sherman Lee</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 28-August 30, 2009).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Exhibition history:  The World of Ceramics - Masterpieces from The Cleveland Museum of Art.  CMA 6/30-9/5/1982.  Catalogue edited by Jennifer Neils, essay by Sherman E. Lee (CMA, 1982) no. 106.<br><br><br>The Cleveland Museum of Art (06/28/2009 - 08/30/2009): "Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art"

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PROVENANCE

	Ex. Collection:  Men-chu Wang. Seller's No. 18
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wall description: 
Ru ware is the rarest and most celebrated of all Chinese imperial wares. It was made for the late Northern Song court for a very short time and was therefore extremely rare and precious. Simplicity and refined elegance are Ru ware's hallmarks. Its graceful shape, soft luster, and subtle color variation of the glaze interact in perfect unity. Other physical characteristics include an ash-grey body, soft greyblue glaze with a fine crackle, as well as small sesame-seed spur marks on the base.
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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. 843
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958#page=148

	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=280

	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=280

	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. 338
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978#page=358

	Giuffrida, Noelle. <em>Separating Sheep from Goats: Sherman E. Lee and Chinese Art Collecting in Postwar America</em>. Oakland, California: University of California Press, 2018.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 123, fig. 70
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