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Source Description
In the center of this plate a majestic coiled dragon is surrounded by clouds, a wave pattern, and five-petaled rosettes around the rim. In front of the dragon's mouth is a flaming pearl, a symbol often associated with dragons from this time. The plate achieves distinctive visual contrasts with green glaze and brown, and its main decorative motifs are raised.
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137127
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Plate with Relief Dragon among Clouds
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137127
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object
title
Plate with Relief Dragon among Clouds
description
In the center of this plate a majestic coiled dragon is surrounded by clouds, a wave pattern, and five-petaled rosettes around the rim. In front of the dragon's mouth is a flaming pearl, a symbol often associated with dragons from this time. The plate achieves distinctive visual contrasts with green glaze and brown, and its main decorative motifs are raised.
date
1300s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60747311
genreSpecific
Ceramic
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dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 43.2 cm (17 in.)
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China, Zhejiang province, Longquan region, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)
accession
1961.92
Source extras
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porcelaneous stoneware with celadon glaze and molded decoration
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Plate with Relief Dragon among Clouds, 1300s. China, Zhejiang province, Longquan region, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Porcelaneous stoneware with celadon glaze and molded decoration; diameter: 43.2 cm (17 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1961.92
collection
China - Yuan Dynasty
didYouKnow
In front of the dragon's mouth is a flaming pearl, a symbol often associated with dragons from this time.
citations
citation
Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review 1961.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 48, no. 9 (1961): 219–51.
page_number
Mentioned: no. 43, p. 249; Reproduced: no. 43, p. 229
citation
Lee, Sherman E. “Janus in Limbo.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 50, no. 1 (January 1963): 3–6.
page_number
Reproduced: cover; Mentioned: pp. 2 and 4
citation
Lee, Sherman E. <em>A History of Far Eastern Art</em>. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1964.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 399, fig. 525
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 260
citation
Lee, Sherman E., and Wai-kam Ho. <em>Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yüan Dynasty, 1279-1368</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; [distributed by the Press of Case Western Reserve University], 1968.
page_number
Reproduced: cat. no. 82
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 260
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 345
citation
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.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 117, no. 121
citation
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.
page_number
Reproduced: cat. no. 16, p. 316
citation
Komaroff, Linda, and Stefano Carboni. <em>The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256-1353</em>. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press [distributor], 2002.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 110, fig. 128, cat. no. 191; Mentioned: p. 285, cat. no. 191
creditline
John L. Severance Fund
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2026-06-17 11:19:44.031000
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137127
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Chinese Art
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China - Yuan Dynasty
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porcelaneous stoneware with celadon glaze and molded decoration
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