The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 21, 2025
Bowl with Carved Design
1100s–1200s
(1127–1279)
Overall: 6.5 x 17.2 cm (2 9/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
Never intended for imperial use, qingbai ware was among the first mass-produced porcelain types and became a popular export.Description
This conical bowl and the shallow and wide one (CMA 2020.183) are both hand-incised with decoration suggesting waves, clouds, or floral sprays. All of these motifs had auspicious meaning: waves and clouds bring rain that fertilizes the fields, and flowers and plants were often associated with the beauty of human virtues. The carved and combed designs were swiftly cut with a wooden tool into the unfired leather-hard body before glazing. Once the glaze was applied, it pooled in the incised areas rendering the design more visible.- ?–2010(K.Y. Fine Art, Hong Kong, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley)2010–2020Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art2020–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Vainker, S. J. Chinese Pottery and Porcelain. London: British Museum, 2005.Von Spee, Clarissa. "Chinese Ceramics and Works on Paper." In The Keithley Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art, edited by Heather Lemonedes Brown, 194–229. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2022. Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 210–211; Mentioned: pp. 259–261
- Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.182