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Collection Online as of December 12, 2025

Ewer

618–907

China, Tang dynasty

(618–907)
Glazed stoneware, Huangdao ware
Overall: 27 x 20.3 cm (10 5/8 x 8 in.)
Gift of Donna and James Reid 2017.17
Location: 239 Chinese Ceramics and Metalwork

Did You Know?

This vessel was made during the Tang Dynasty, a golden age of culture.

Description

The splashes of color on the dark glaze were achieved by sprinkling the wood ash on the black-brown glaze before firing. This local ware may be considered a predecessor of Jun ware, which was produced in the same region and was sometimes decorated by splashing.
  • March 19, 1997
    (Sotheby's New York, 19 March 1997, lot 205, sold to Donna and James Reid)
    1997–2016
    Donna [b. 1931] and James Reid [1926–2020], Cleveland Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2017–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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