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
current location: 238 Chinese Ceramics
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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CREATORS
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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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inscriptions:
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 (organizer) (October 24-November 25, 1962).
title: Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368)
opening date: 1968-10-01T04:00:00
Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 1-November 24, 1968).
title: The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 1982-06-30T04:00:00
The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 30-September 5, 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: 1985-10-30T04:00:00
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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citations:
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1962–
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fun fact:
The characters for "palace" and "south" are scratched into the white glaze on the vessel's shoulder, suggesting that it was once kept in a specific location in a palace.
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wall description:
Appreciated for its strong profile, brilliant blue color, and firm delineation of the decorative patterns, this jar is a classic example of Yuan dynasty blue-andwhite ware. This type of ware was produced no later than 1330s for both domestic use (the court and common people alike) and overseas trade. This example testifies to the transmission of artistic ideas and techniques between China and the rest of the great Mongol Empire as a result of trade. The cobalt that was used as blue colorant for underglaze decoration was imported from Iran, likely from Kashan. The band of cloud-collar motifs with phoenixes set against floral grounds, as shown here, is an artistic vocabulary that can also be found in Iranian decorative arts of the Ilkhanid period (1256-1353).
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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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"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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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
url:
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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