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Bowl with Daoist Figures

1271-1368

China, Yuan dynasty

(1271-1368)

White jade

Diameter of mouth: 10.3 cm (4 1/16 in.); Overall: 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); width with handles: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.)

Anonymous Gift 1952.510

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240B Chinese Decorative Arts

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This exquisite bowl is a rare specimen of jade carving from about 1200s-1300s. It is carved with a Daoist procession scene in low relief, with images of the immortals, musicians, and attendants. Two female immortals, carved in the round, flank the two sides as handles. This robustly carved vessel, presumably served as a personal item of luxury, reflects the great interests in jade and Daoist subjects in the material culture of the literati and the court. A similar example from the Song dynasty and a later emulation with the imperial mark "Imitating the Past during the Great Qing" are both preserved in the Palace Museum, Beijing.

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Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 858 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 260 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 260 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 344 archive.org

Exhibition history

Cleveland Museum of Art, "Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty (1279-1368)," October 2 - November 24. 1968; Asia House, New York, January 16 - March 2, 1969

Chinese Jade, The University Museum, University of Pennyslvania, November 30 - February 3, 1963

Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, Asia House Gallery 10/9-12/7/1980; The Detroit Institute of Arts 1/12-2/22/1981; Seattle Art Museum 3/26-5/10/1981; Honolulu Academy of Arts 7/17-9/13/1981. Catalogue by James C. Y. Watt (The Asia Society/John Weatherhill, Inc.) cat. no. 131

CMA 1988, Feb. 10- April 10: "Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China.”

The Metropolitan Musuem of Art (9/20/2010 = 1/2/2011): "The World of Kubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty", fig. 355, p. 298.

Realm of the Immortals: Daoism in the Arts of China. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-April 10, 1988).

The World of Kubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (September 20, 2010-January 2, 2011).

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