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Meiping Vase with carved Dragon Motif
1300s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This 14th-century vase with carved decoration under a transparent bluish-white glaze (<em>qingbai</em>) depicts a coiling dragon amid thick mists and clouds—a symbol of fertility and power. The sturdy shape and lively carving under its bluish glaze are particularly charming as they characterize the ware’s later, more spontaneous and less formalized production under the Mongol occupation.
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- Title: Meiping Vase with carved Dragon Motif
- Date Created: 1300s
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 27.6 x 16.5 cm (10 7/8 x 6 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: Edgar Worch [1880-1972], Berlin, Germany, and New York, NY, Henry Trubner [1920-1999] family collection, (J.J. Lally & Co., New York, NY, sold to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Keithley), Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Ceramic
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.189
- Medium: Porcelain with pale bluish-white glaze, Qingbai ware with carved decoration
- Inscriptions: There are multiple self-adhesive labels on the bottom: 1. Square white (now yellowed with age) label with "90" written in red ink. 2. White rectangular label with "L.80.17.8" written in pencil. 3. Fabric tape cut to rectangular shape with "L.2161.49 /39" written in black ink. 4. White round label from Lally & Co. New York with "X2295" written in black ink.
- Department: Chinese Art
- Culture: China, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)
- Credit Line: Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
- Collection: China - Yuan Dynasty
- Accession Number: 2020.189
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