id:			76527
accession number:	2020.182
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.182
updated:		2023-08-23 17:48:13.974000

Bowl with Carved Design, 1100s–1200s. South China, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279). Porcelain with pale bluish-white (qingbai) glaze; overall: 6.5 x 17.2 cm (2 9/16 x 6 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.182

title:				Bowl with Carved Design
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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:	South China, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279)
technique:	Porcelain with pale bluish-white (qingbai) glaze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Song Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 6.5 x 17.2 cm (2 9/16 x 6 3/4 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

	(K.Y. Fine Art, Hong Kong, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley)
	date: ?–2010
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	Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2010–2020
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2020–
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fun fact:
Never intended for imperial use, <em>qingbai </em>ware was among the first mass-produced porcelain types and became a popular export.

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wall description:
This conical bowl and the shallow and wide one (<a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.183">CMA 2020.183</a>) are both hand-incised with decoration suggesting waves, clouds, or floral sprays. All of these motifs had auspicious meaning: waves and clouds bring rain that fertilizes the fields, and flowers and plants were often associated with the beauty of human virtues. The carved and combed designs were swiftly cut with a wooden tool into the unfired leather-hard body before glazing. Once the glaze was applied, it pooled in the incised areas rendering the design more visible.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Vainker, S. J. <em>Chinese Pottery and Porcelain</em>. London: British Museum, 2005.
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IMAGES

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