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Bowl with Flower Petals

1300s

China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen, Yuan dynasty

(1271–1368)
glazed porcelain with molded decoration, Shufu ware
Diameter: 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.); Overall: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Anonymous Gift 1953.122
Location: 238 Chinese Ceramics

Description

Yuan dynasty Shufu ware was a further development of the earlier qingbai ware and is characterized by a more heavily constructed body, opaque white glaze, molded decoration, and at times the inscription Shufu that gives the ware its name. Although lacking the inscription here, this bowl possesses the characteristics and decoration of Shufu pieces.
  • ?–1953
    (Heeramaneck Galleries, New York, NY, to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1953–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Lee, Sherman E. “Janus in Limbo.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 50, no. 1 (January 1963): 3–6. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 4, fig. 3 www.jstor.org
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    Lee, Sherman E., and Wai-kam Ho. Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; [distributed by the Press of Case Western Reserve University], 1968. Reproduced: pl. 119
    Macintosh, Duncan. "Shu-fu Wares: Their Origin, Development, and Decline." Bulletin of the Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, no. 4 (1978-80). Mentioned: p. 43; Reproduced: fig.18, p. 44
    Yabe, Yoshiaki 矢部良明. Tai, Betonam No Tōji [Ceramics of Thai and Vietnam]. Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1978. Reproduced: p. 112, fig. 60
    Carswell, John and Jean McClure Mudge. Blue and White: Chinese Porcelain and Its Impact on the Western World. Chicago: The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, 1985. cat. no. 7, p. 60
    Carswell, John. Blue & White: Chinese Porcelain around the World. London: British Museum Press, 2000. Reproduced: no. 35, pp. 32–33
  • Blue and White: Chinese Porcelain and Its Impact on the Western World. The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (October 3-December 1, 1985).
    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 Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 1-November 24, 1968).
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