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According to 11th-century poet Zhou Dunyi, “all people like peonies, but I alone like the lotus because it emerges from the mud unstained.” The lotus is a symbol of purity and popular among Chinese literati and in Buddhism. This vase shows lotus flowers rising from the water’s surface depicted in elegant yet simple ripples. <br><br>Made in a kiln at Jingdezhen in southern China, this vase is an example of the <em>fahua</em> technique—decoration with raised outlines produced by squeezing clay from a tube onto the vase’s surface. Colors are applied to fill the outlines before firing.
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122443
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Prunus Vase (Meiping) with Blossoming Lotus
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122443
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Prunus Vase (Meiping) with Blossoming Lotus
description
According to 11th-century poet Zhou Dunyi, “all people like peonies, but I alone like the lotus because it emerges from the mud unstained.” The lotus is a symbol of purity and popular among Chinese literati and in Buddhism. This vase shows lotus flowers rising from the water’s surface depicted in elegant yet simple ripples. <br><br>Made in a kiln at Jingdezhen in southern China, this vase is an example of the <em>fahua</em> technique—decoration with raised outlines produced by squeezing clay from a tube onto the vase’s surface. Colors are applied to fill the outlines before firing.
date
late 1400s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80018757
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Ceramic
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1
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Diameter: 19 cm (7 1/2 in.); Overall: 37.5 cm (14 3/4 in.)
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China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
accession
1942.716
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Porcelain with polychrome glazes, Fahua ware
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Prunus Vase (Meiping) with Blossoming Lotus (琺華蓮花紋梅瓶), late 1400s. China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Porcelain with polychrome glazes, Fahua ware; diameter: 19 cm (7 1/2 in.); overall: 37.5 cm (14 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance, 1942.716
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琺華蓮花紋梅瓶
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China - Ming Dynasty
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The shoulders of the vase are decorated with <em>ruyi</em>-shaped clouds.
citations
citation
<em>Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.
page_number
Reproduced: p. [61], Plate XXX, cat. no. 147; Mention: p. 69, cat. no. 147
citation
Hollis, Howard C. “Department of Oriental Art: Chinese Ceramics and Jades.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 29, no. 9, 1942, pp. 150–157.
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Reproduced: p. 155
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25141018
citation
J. Mayuyama and H. Igaki, "Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the CMA," <em>Tosetsu</em> 陶說, August 1956, no. 41, pp. 41-46.
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Reproduced
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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. 869
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Mayuyama, Junkichi 繭山順吉. <em>Chinese Ceramics in the West: Compendium of Chinese Ceramic Masterpieces in European and American Collection </em>[欧米蒐蔵中国陶磁図錄]. Tokyo: Mayuyama & Co, 1960.
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Reproduced: pl. 85
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Lee, Sherman E. <em>A History of Far Eastern Art</em>. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1964.
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Reproduced: p. 418, fig. no. 556
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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. 267
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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. 267
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Froncek, Thomas, and Hugh Honour. <em>The Horizon Book of the Arts of China</em>. New York: American Heritage Pub. Co, 1969.
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Reproduced: p. 261
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Lion-Goldschmidt, Daisy. <em>Ming Porcelain</em>. London: Thames and Hudson, 1978.
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Reproduced: page facing 122, no. 97
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Moore, Janet Gaylord. <em>The Eastern Gate: An Invitation to the Arts of China and Japan</em>. Cleveland: Collins, 1979.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 78 and p. 87
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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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cat. no. 131
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Gilbert, Rita, and William McCarter. <em>Living with Art</em>. New York: Knopf, 1988.
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Reproduced: fig. 576, p. 468
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Brummett, Palmira Johnson. <em>Civilization Past & Present</em>. New York: Longman, 1999.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 479
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Bequest of John L. Severance
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122443
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Chinese Art
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China - Ming Dynasty
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Porcelain with polychrome glazes, Fahua ware
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