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This magnificent candle or lamp stand consists of a shallow dish and a cylindrical holder, below which is a columnar support embellished with palmette designs and two entwined dragons atop a lotus blossom pedestal. The creamy white stoneware is covered with a finely crackled clear glaze that shows a slight yellow-green tinge where it is thick. The search for a white clay body represented a technical advancement of the kilns in northern China, anticipating the development of the true high-quality white porcelains during the late Tang period.
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111798
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Candle Stand
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111798
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Candle Stand
description
This magnificent candle or lamp stand consists of a shallow dish and a cylindrical holder, below which is a columnar support embellished with palmette designs and two entwined dragons atop a lotus blossom pedestal. The creamy white stoneware is covered with a finely crackled clear glaze that shows a slight yellow-green tinge where it is thick. The search for a white clay body represented a technical advancement of the kilns in northern China, anticipating the development of the true high-quality white porcelains during the late Tang period.
date
600s
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q60758249
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Ceramic
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dimensionsRaw
Overall: 29.8 cm (11 3/4 in.)
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China, Sui dynasty (581-618) to early Tang dynasty (618-907)
accession
1930.322
Source extras
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white stoneware with modeled and applied decoration
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Candle Stand, 600s. China, Sui dynasty (581-618) to early Tang dynasty (618-907). White stoneware with modeled and applied decoration; overall: 29.8 cm (11 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund, 1930.322
collection
China - Sui Dynasty
citations
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 830
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
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Reproduced: p. 251
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
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Reproduced: p. 251
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
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Reproduced: p. 331
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Neils, Jenifer. <em>The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
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Mentioned: no. 93, p. 88
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Wilson, J. Keith. "Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 77, no. 8 (October 1990): 286–323.
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Reproduced: cat. no. 12, p. 315
citation
<em>Kaikodo journal</em>. Vol. V, Autumn 1997.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 360
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Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 102
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Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
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2026-06-17 11:19:43.503000
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111798
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Chinese Art
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China - Sui Dynasty
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white stoneware with modeled and applied decoration
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