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Collection Online as of June 3, 2023

Meiping Vase: Cizhou Ware

1100s

China, Northern Song dynasty

(960-1127)

Buff stoneware with carved underglaze slip decoration

Diameter: 20.7 cm (8 1/8 in.); Overall: 34.3 cm (13 1/2 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1940.52

Location

not on view

Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 336 archive.org
Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 112, no. 116
Exhibition history

1940 CMA, Chinese Ceramics, March, 1940

1952 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Chinese Ceramics, March 14-April 27, 1952. Pub and repr. p. 92, fig. 236

1974 The Asia Society, "The Colors of Ink," New York

1982 CMA, Korea: Bridge of Culture, CMA Department of Art History and Education (Marjorie Williams) June 10-August 10. 1982

1982 CMA, The World of Ceramics - Masterpieces from The Cleveland Museum of Art. 6/30-9/5/1982. Cataloge edited by Jenifer Neils, essay by Sherman E. Lee, no. 116

Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119); October 29, 2003 - March 15, 2004.

The Colors of Ink. Asia House Galleries (January 10-March 3, 1974); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-May 12, 1974).

Freedom of Clay and Brush: Tz'u Chou Type Wares. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN (organizer) (November 17, 1980-January 18, 1981); China House Gallery, New York City, NY (March 16-May 24, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (August 5-September 6, 1981).

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