The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 13, 2026

A pale gray glazed porcelain vessel rests on a carved wooden stand with four curved feet. It features a flared, lobed rim edged in brown, tapering to a neck before widening into a bulbous, lobed body. Dark gray streaks follow deep vertical channels, while a network of fine cracks and small brown spots cover the surface. The vessel's reddish-brown clay is visible at the rim and through the speckled, translucent glaze.

Lobed Vase: Guan ware

1127–1279

China, Hangzhou, Suburban Altar Kiln, Southern Song dynasty

(1127-1279)
glazed reddish-brown porcelain
Diameter: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.); Overall: 11.7 cm (4 5/8 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1957.43
Location: Not on view
  • Men-chu Wang, Seller's no. 25
  • Kleinhenz, Henry J. “Porcelains for Imperial Use: The Sung Dynasty.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 65, no. 4 (April 1978): 135–150. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 149, fig. 16, a www.jstor.org
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