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Vase (Meiping) with Waves

1200s–1300s

China, Jiangxi province, Yonghezhen, Yuan dynasty

(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

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238 Chinese Ceramics

Description

Jizhou ware characteristically shows the use of slip coating, bold designs, and color contrasts to achieve stunning visual effects. This extremely rare and handsome vase is distinguished by its remarkable rhythmic execution of the designs achieved by the use of incised and slip-inlaid decoration. With firing, the slip coating and inlaid decoration assumed a soft ivory color whereas the exposed clay body displayed a warm cinnamon brown.

Provenance

?–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

Citations

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

Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).

Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).

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China, Jiangxi province, Yonghezhen, Yuan dynasty

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