id:			284746
accession number:	2017.20
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.20
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:11.193000

Meiping Vase with Carved Floral Sprays, 960–1279. China, Song dynasty (960-1279). Porcelain with pale bluish-white glaze, qingbai ("blue-white") ware; overall: 37.7 x 23.5 cm (14 13/16 x 9 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Donna and James Reid 2017.20

title:				Meiping Vase with Carved Floral Sprays
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creation date:			960–1279
creation date earliest:		960
creation date latest:		1279
current location:		238 Chinese Ceramics
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: 37.7 x 23.5 cm (14 13/16 x 9 1/4 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

	(Delicate House, Chinese Curios, Hong Kong, 19 April 2002. Sold to Donna and James Reid)
	date: 2002
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	Donna [b. 1931] and James Reid [1926–2020], Cleveland Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2002–2016
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2017–
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wall description:
This magnificent plum vase (<em>meiping</em>) derives its name from being used to hold a branch from a flowering plum tree. Vases of this shape with a round shoulder and narrow opening originally served as wine containers. Kilns in southern China that produced this ware with a transparent bluish glaze were among the first that applied underglaze blue-and-white decoration, which became popular during the Yuan (1271–1368) and Ming (1368–1644) dynasties. These elegantly carved floral sprays on a monochromatic ground reflect the refined taste of the Song dynasty emperors.
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