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Meiping Vase: Cizhou Ware

1100s

China, Northern Song dynasty

(960-1127)
Buff stoneware with carved underglaze slip decoration, Cizhou ware
Diameter: 20.7 cm (8 1/8 in.); Overall: 34.3 cm (13 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1940.52
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1940
    (C.T. Loo 盧芹齋 [1880–1957], Paris, France, and New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1940–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Hollis, Howard. "A Tz'u-Chou Vase." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 27, no. 9 (November 1940): 142–143. Reproduced: p. 130; Mentioned: p. 142 www.jstor.org
    Trubner, Henry. Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period Through Ch'ien Lung; A Loan Exhibition from Collections in America and Japan. March 14 to April 27, 1952. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum, 1952. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 92, fig. 236
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 336 archive.org
    Neils, Jenifer. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 112, no. 116
  • Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119). The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 29, 2003-March 15, 2004).
    The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-August 22, 1982).
    Freedom of Clay and Brush: Tz'u Chou Type Wares. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN (organizer) (November 17, 1980-January 18, 1981); China House Gallery, New York City, NY (March 16-May 24, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (August 5-September 6, 1981).
    Korea: Bridge of Culture. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 11-August 10, 1980).
    The Colors of Ink. Asia House Galleries (January 10-March 3, 1974); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-May 12, 1974).
    Chinese Ceramics. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (March 14-April 27, 1952).
    Exhibition of Chinese Ceramics. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 28-April 7, 1940).
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