The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 19, 2025
Meiping Vase with Carved Floral Sprays
960–1279
Location: 238 Chinese Ceramics
Description
This magnificent plum vase (meiping) derives its name from being used to hold a branch from a flowering plum tree. Vases of this shape with a round shoulder and narrow opening originally served as wine containers. Kilns in southern China that produced this ware with a transparent bluish glaze were among the first that applied underglaze blue-and-white decoration, which became popular during the Yuan (1271–1368) and Ming (1368–1644) dynasties. These elegantly carved floral sprays on a monochromatic ground reflect the refined taste of the Song dynasty emperors.- April 19, 2002(Delicate House, Chinese Curios, Hong Kong, 19 April 2002, sold to Donna and James Reid)2002–2016Donna [b. 1931] and James Reid [1926–2020], Cleveland Heights, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art2017–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- "Gifts of Works of Art.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 57, no. 6 (November/December 2017): 28. Reproduced: p. 28. archive.org
- Recent Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 17-June 7, 2018).
- {{cite web|title=Meiping Vase with Carved Floral Sprays|url=false|author=|year=960–1279|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2017.20