id: 137198
accession number: 1962.154
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Jar with Lion-Head Handles, 1300s. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Porcelain with underglaze painted decoration; diameter of mouth: 15.6 cm (6 1/8 in.); overall: 39.4 x 37.5 cm (15 1/2 x 14 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1962.154
title: Jar with Lion-Head Handles
title in original language: 青花雙獅頭罐
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creation date: 1300s
creation date earliest: 1300
creation date latest: 1368
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)
technique: porcelain with underglaze painted decoration
department: Chinese Art
collection: China - Yuan Dynasty
type: Ceramic
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measurements: Diameter of mouth: 15.6 cm (6 1/8 in.); Overall: 39.4 x 37.5 cm (15 1/2 x 14 3/4 in.)
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inscription: 南
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inscription: 宮
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Year in Review - 1962
opening date: 1962-10-24T04:00:00
Year in Review - 1962. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962).
title: Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)
opening date: 1968-10-02T04:00:00
Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 2-November 24, 1968).
title: The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 1982-06-20T04:00:00
The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-August 22, 1982).
title: Printing in Color
opening date: 1985-09-10T04:00:00
Printing in Color. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-November 17, 1985).
title: The Twain Shall Meet
opening date: 1985-10-30T05:00:00
The Twain Shall Meet. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 1985-January 5, 1986).
title: Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection
opening date: 1991-09-17T04:00:00
Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17, 1991-January 5, 1992).
title: The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia 1256-1353
opening date: 2002-10-28T00:00:00
The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia 1256-1353. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (October 28, 2002-February 16, 2003); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (April 13-July 27, 2003).
title: Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2009-06-27T04:00:00
Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 27-August 23, 2009).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
(J.T. Tai and Co., Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?–1962
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1962–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Lee, Sherman E. “Janus in Limbo.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 50, no. 1, 1963, pp. 3–6.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 4
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25151927
“Oriental Art Recently Acquired by American Museums.” Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America, vol. 17, 1963, pp. 43–65.
page number: Reproduced: p. 46, fig. 10
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20067062
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. 260
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n284
Lee, Sherman E., and Wai-kam Ho. Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art; [distributed by the Press of Case Western Reserve University], 1968.
page number: Reproduced: pl. 156
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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. 260
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n284
Medley, Margaret. Yüan Porcelain and Stoneware. London: Faber, 1974.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 58, fig. 45b
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Medley, Margaret. The Chinese Potter: A Practical History of Chinese Ceramics. Oxford: Phaidon,1976.
page number: Reproduced: p. 183, fig 134
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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. 344
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n364
Neils, Jenifer and Sherman E. Lee. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
page number: cat. no. 119
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Gowing, Lawrence, ed. A History of Art. London: Macmillan, 1983.
page number: Reproduced: p. 317
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Neils, Jenifer. “The Twain Shall Meet.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 72, no. 6, 1985, pp. 326–359.
page number: Reproduced: p. 351, fig. 48
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25159914
Komaroff, Linda, and Stefano Carboni. The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256-1353. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press [distributor], 2002.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat no. 193, p. 285; fig. 17, p. 21
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Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 53 no. 05, September/October 2013
page number: Mentioned & reproduced: p. 15
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2013-05/page/14
"Reopening of the Asian Galleries at The Cleveland Museum of Art: An Interview with David Franklin." Orientations: The Magazine for Collectors and Connoisseurs of Asian Art, vol. 44, no. 8 (November/December 2013): pp. 60-63
page number: Reproduced: p. 63
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Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 100
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Mackie, Louise W. Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands, 7th-21st Century. Cleveland; New Haven: Cleveland Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2015.
page number: Reproduced: P. 221, fig. 6.7; Mentioned: P. 221, 226, 228
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Gaskin, Steven P. "The David Vases: Considering Serpentine Waves on Yuan Blue-and-White." Orientations 46, no. 4 (May 2015): 81-89.
page number: Reproduced: p. 86, figs. 9, 9a.
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