id:			76524
accession number:	2020.185
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.185
updated:		2023-08-23 17:48:12.527000

White-Glazed Jar with Hidden Design, 1500s–1600s. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Porcelain with sweet-white (tianbai; 甜白) glaze; overall: 13.9 x 16.4 cm (5 1/2 x 6 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.185

title:				White-Glazed Jar with Hidden Design
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creation date:			1500s–1600s
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1699
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creditline:			Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
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culture:	China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
technique:	Porcelain with sweet-white (tianbai; 甜白) glaze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Song Dynasty
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 13.9 x 16.4 cm (5 1/2 x 6 7/16 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:
<em>Tianbai</em>, or sweet-white glaze, was developed to accommodate the Yongle emperor’s (reigned 1403–24) preference for white ceramics.

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wall description:
White was a ritual color used in Buddhist ceremonies, as well as the color of mourning. This jar is made of two molded halves that were joined where the vessel’s middle section shows a raised line. It is covered by a silky white glaze called “sweet-white” (<em>tianbai</em>; 甜白). A “hidden design” (<em>anhua</em>; 暗花) of floral scrolls on the shoulder and stylized petals around the base shine through the glaze. The jar may have been used as a planter, a vase for flowers, or it may have held incense sticks on a home altar.
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