id:			147392
accession number:	1973.14
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.14
updated:		2023-09-13 11:02:58.203000

Potter Seated with Double Gourd Vase, 1300s. China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) - Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Porcelain with underglaze decoration, qingbai ("blue-white") ware; overall: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1973.14

title:				Potter Seated with Double Gourd Vase
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creation date:			1300s
creation date earliest:		1300
creation date latest:		1399
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creditline:			The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
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culture:	China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) - Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
technique:	Porcelain with underglaze decoration, qingbai ("blue-white") ware
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Yuan Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Colors of Ink
	opening date:   1974-01-10T04:00:00
	<i>The Colors of Ink</i>. Asia House Galleries (January 10-March 3, 1974); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-May 12, 1974).

	title:		China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail
	opening date:   2022-12-11T05:00:00
	<i>China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Hugh Moss, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1973
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1973–
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fun fact:
The double gourd is traditionally regarded as a talisman that protected children against diseases.

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wall description:
Made in South China, this figurine of a potter holding a double-gourd vase was probably once used as a toy. The coarse white porcelain form is covered with thin light greenish-blue, <em>qingbai</em>, glaze. The potter's cap and the coils on his shoulders are painted with blackish-brown ferruginous slip. The glaze stops short of the slightly recessed base, which is burnt a very light pinkish-buff color.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. <em>The Colors of Ink: Chinese Paintings and Related Ceramics from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. [New York]: Asia Society; distributed by New York Graphic Society, 1974.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 64
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	“The Year in Review for 1973.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 61, no. 2, 1974, pp. 31–78.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no 192, p. 67; Mentioned: p. 79
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152513

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