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Vase (Meiping) with Waves

Vase (Meiping) with Waves

1200s–1300s
(1271-1368)
glazed stoneware with slip painted decoration, Jizhou ware
Diameter: 16.7 cm (6 9/16 in.); Overall: 26.3 cm (10 3/8 in.)
Gifts of J. H. Wade and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade; and purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund by exchange 1980.186
Location: 238 Chinese Ceramics

Did You Know?

When Jizhou ware is fired, the slip coating and the inlaid decoration assume a soft ivory color while the exposed clay body displays a warm cinnamon brown.

Description

Jizhou ware kilns in central Jiangxi province produced a dark ware in competition with other kilns in China and so Jizhou potters were highly inventive. Part of their work is a ware covered with a white slip over which they painted bold graphic designs of great visual effect. This striking wave design is remarkable in the way the painter transformed the entire surface of the vase into dynamically rolling masses of water, highlighted by cresting waves. Jizhou wares were excavated in cities of the lower Yangzi delta, including Nanjing, Shanghai, Changzhou, Taizhou, as well as Anhui province, Korea, and Japan.
  • ?–1980
    Eugene [1896–1982] and Elva Bernat, consigned to Sotheby Parke-Bernet for sale
    November 7, 1980
    (Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, NY, sale November 7, 1980, lot 119, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art through Eskenazi, Ltd.)
    1980–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bernat : Exhibition ... Nov. 1-3, 5-6, 1980 ... : Public Auction, Nov. 7, 1980. New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc, 1980. Lot no. 119
    Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1980.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 68, no. 6 (1981): 163–219. Mentioned: p. 219, no. 295; Reproduced: p. 204, no. 295 www.jstor.org
    Gaskin, Steven P., "The David Vases: Considering Serpentine Waves on Yuan Blue-and-White." Orientations 46, no. 4 (May 2015): 81–89. Reproduced: fig. 4, p. 84
    Gerritsen, Anne. The City of Blue and White: Chinese Porcelain and the Early Modern World. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2020. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 80, fig. 4.6
    Weng, Yanjun, and Baoping Li. New Finds of Yuan Dynasty Blue-and-White Porcelain from the Luomaqiao Kiln Site, Jingdezhen: An Archaeological Approach. London: Unicorn Publishing Group, 2021. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 101, fig. 5.6
  • China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10, 2023-January 7, 2024).
    Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).
    Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).
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