id:			83459
accession number:	2020.177
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.177
updated:		2025-12-21 05:50:14.347000

Teabowl with Tortoiseshell Glaze, 1100s–1200s. China, Jiangxi Province, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279). Brown-glazed stoneware with "tortoiseshell" pattern, Jizhou ware; overall: 5.9 x 11.5 cm (2 5/16 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift, 2020.177

title:				Teabowl with Tortoiseshell Glaze
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creation date:			1100s–1200s
creation date earliest:		1127
creation date latest:		1279
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creditline:			Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
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culture:	China, Jiangxi Province, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279)
technique:	Brown-glazed stoneware with "tortoiseshell" pattern, Jizhou ware
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Song Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 5.9 x 11.5 cm (2 5/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection
	opening date:   2022-09-11T04:00:00
	<i>Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Family of Grace Chu, Hong Kong
	date: 1970–2008
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	(K.Y. Fine Art, Hong Kong, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley)
	date: 2008
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	Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2008–2020
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2020–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Von Spee, Clarissa. "Chinese Ceramics and Works on Paper." In <em>The Keithley Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art, </em>edited by Heather Lemonedes Brown, 194–229. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2022.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 204–205; Mentioned: pp. 259–261
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