id:			76525
accession number:	2020.186
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.186
updated:		2022-10-28 19:56:06.923000

Ding Ware Bowl of the Xing Type with Bi-Disc Foot, 907–60. China, Henan province, Gongxian kilns, Five dynasties (907–60). White stoneware with ivory-white glaze; overall: 4.7 x 18.5 cm (1 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.186

title:				Ding Ware Bowl of the Xing Type with Bi-Disc Foot
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creation date:			907–60
creation date earliest:		907
creation date latest:		960
current location:		003 Special Exhibition Hall
creditline:			Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
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culture:	China, Henan province, Gongxian kilns, Five dynasties (907–60)
technique:	White stoneware with ivory-white glaze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Five Dynasties
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 4.7 x 18.5 cm (1 7/8 x 7 5/16 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: 
The bowl’s foot-ring is shaped like a Neolithic <em>bi,</em>璧, a flat jade disc with a central circular hole, which had some ritual function.

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wall description: 
An ivory-colored glaze covers this shallow bowl with a solid flat foot ring, revealing an almost pure white body. Bowls of this type and shape were used for drinking tea and were traded as far as Samarra (modern Iraq). Red tea consumed during the Tang dynasty (618–906) was believed to look best in pale green or white-glazed bowls. When white whisked powdered tea was introduced a century later during the Song dynasty (960–1279), tastes and aesthetics for tea ceramics changed and dark-glazed teabowls were preferred.
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