id: 147587
accession number: 1973.84
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Chicken-Headed Ewer, 220–589 CE. China, Zhejiang province, Southern Dynasties period (420-589). Green-glazed stoneware with incised, carved and applied decoration, Yue ware; overall: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. MacDonald 1973.84
title: Chicken-Headed Ewer
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creation date: 220–589 CE
creation date earliest: 220
creation date latest: 589
current location: 239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork
creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. MacDonald
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culture: China, Zhejiang province, Southern Dynasties period (420-589)
technique: green-glazed stoneware with incised, carved and applied decoration, Yue ware
department: Chinese Art
collection: China - Southern Dynasties
type: Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions
opening date: 1994-10-18T04:00:00
Asian Autumn: New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 18-December 31, 1994).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': "Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period Through Ch'ien Lung; A Loan Exhibition from Collections in America and Japan. Los Angeles, CA (March 14-April 27, 1952).", 'opening_date': '1952-03-14T05:00:00Z'}
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PROVENANCE
Mr. and Mrs. John D. MacDonald, Cambridge, MA, given 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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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Trubner, Henry. Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period Through Ch'ien Lung; A Loan Exhibition from Collections in America and Japan. March 14 to April 27, 1952. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum, 1952.
page number: cat. no. 52
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Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 87, no. 92
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Wilson, J. Keith, and Anne E. Wardwell. "New Objects/New Insights: Cleveland's Recent Chinese Acquisitions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 8 (1994): 270-347.
page number: Reproduced: p. 322; Mentioned: p. 322, 324, 347
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161465
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