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Jar

900s

Northeast China, Liao dynasty

(916-1125)

White porcelain with combed and incised decoration

Diameter: 12.8 x 12.5 cm (5 1/16 x 4 15/16 in.); Overall: 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1957.29

Location

239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork

Description

This finely potted vessel has an off-white porcelain body covered with a transparent glaze, giving an overall warm white color. A lattice of foliage patterns is combed and incised in the clay; the bold, uninhibited decoration interacts with the compact ceramic form and the subtle glazing to give it a special aesthetic appeal.

Provenance
Men-chu Wang, Seller's No. 2
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. 833 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. 252 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. 252 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. 335 archive.org
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 97, no. 101
Exhibition history

Ceramics in the Liao Dynasty. China Institute Gallery, New York, NY (organizer) (March 14-May 25, 1973).

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