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Vase with Peony Decoration

1000s-1100s
(960-1127)
Gray stoneware with underglaze slip decoration, Cizhou ware
Diameter: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.); Overall: 30.2 cm (11 7/8 in.)
Gift of William G. Mather 1948.119
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

The thick foot rim is unglazed, while the shallow recessed flat base is covered with white slip and chance accumulations of underglaze pigment.
  • ?-1948
    William G. Mather [1857-1951], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1948-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Hollis, Howard C. “A Sung Dynasty Vase.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 35, no. 10, 1948, pp. 219–220. Mentioned: pp. 219-220; Reproduced: cover 25141513
    “Part II. Annual Report Issue for the Year 1948.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 36, no. 6, 1949, pp. 111–142. Mentioned: pp. 116-117 25141566
    “Far Eastern Art: Important Museum Accessions in 1948.” The Far Eastern Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 1, 1949, pp. 66–74. Mentioned: p. 68 2049126
    Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period Through Ch'ien Lung. A Loan Exhibition from Collections in America and Japan. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1952. no. 215
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 837 archive.org
    Mayuyama, Junkichi 繭山順吉. Chinese Ceramics in the West: Compendium of Chinese Ceramic Masterpieces in European and American Collection [欧米蒐蔵中国陶磁図錄]. Tokyo: Mayuyama & Co, 1960. Reproduced: pl. 35
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 255 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. 255 archive.org
  • Chinese Pottery. Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA (March 17- April 27, 1952).
    35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).
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