Collection Online as of October 3, 2023

Covered Box

1100s

Part of a set. See all set records

China, Hebei province, Quyang, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127) to Jin dynasty

(1115-1234)

Cream-glazed porcelain with incised decoration, Ding ware

Diameter: 10.6 cm (4 3/16 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1957.32

Location

not on view

Provenance

Men-Chu Wang, Beijing, China. Seller's No. 37.

Edward Chao, Hong Kong

?–1957

(Frank Caro [1904–1980], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1957–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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. 841 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. 256 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. 256 archive.org

Lee, Sherman Emery, and James Robinson. The Colors of Ink: Chinese Paintings and Related Ceramics from the Cleveland Museum of Art. New York: Asia Society; distributed by New York Graphic Society, 1974. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 56, p. 123

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 337 archive.org

Exhibition history

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).