id:			284745
accession number:	2017.19
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.19
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:11.187000

Conical Bowl with Carved Babies and Floral Motif, 960–1279. China, Song dynasty (960-1279). Porcelain with pale bluish-white glaze, qingbai ("blue-white") ware; overall: 7.8 x 20.3 cm (3 1/16 x 8 in.); diameter: 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Donna and James Reid 2017.19

title:				Conical Bowl with Carved Babies and Floral Motif
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creation date:			960–1279
creation date earliest:		960
creation date latest:		1279
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creditline:			Gift of Donna and James Reid
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culture:	China, Song dynasty (960-1279)
technique:	Porcelain with pale bluish-white glaze, qingbai ("blue-white") ware
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Song Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 7.8 x 20.3 cm (3 1/16 x 8 in.); Diameter: 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Recent Acquisitions
	opening date:   2018-03-17T04:00:00
	<i>Recent Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 17-June 7, 2018).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* The Cleveland Museum of Art (03/17/2018-06/06/2018): "Recent Acquisitions 2014-2017"

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PROVENANCE

	Donna [b. 1931] and James Reid [1926-2020], Cleveland Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-2016
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2017-
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wall description:
The conical shape of this bowl is especially suitable for whipping powdered tea, which became popular at court, in monasteries, and in scholarly elite circles during the Southern Song dynasty. The decoration of this bowl was cut with a wooden instrument into the dried clay. This type of white porcelain with a translucent bluish glaze was the direct predecessor of the later blue-and-white porcelains.
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