The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 20, 2025
Globular Jar with Four Loops
960–1279
(1127-1279)
Overall: 15 x 13 cm (5 7/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
Location: Not on view
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This container was probably used to store tea or grain.Description
In the 900s, potters in southeast China excelled in producing white ceramics, including bluish-white (qingbai; 青白) glazed ware. The Keithleys’ jar was made when the qingbai ware–producing kilns were most active and manufactured their finest ware. The jar is missing its cover, which would have been flat with a loop in the center so that it could be tied in place with a string or silk cloth.- ?–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
- 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. 208–209; 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/2020.184