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    "localId": "76527",
    "label": "Bowl with Carved Design",
    "core": "obj",
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    "id": "76527",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Bowl with Carved Design",
    "description": "This conical bowl and the shallow and wide one (<a href=\"https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2020.183\">CMA 2020.183</a>) are both hand-incised with decoration suggesting waves, clouds, or floral sprays. All of these motifs had auspicious meaning: waves and clouds bring rain that fertilizes the fields, and flowers and plants were often associated with the beauty of human virtues. The carved and combed designs were swiftly cut with a wooden tool into the unfired leather-hard body before glazing. Once the glaze was applied, it pooled in the incised areas rendering the design more visible.",
    "date": "1100s–1200s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.182",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q87480823"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2020.182/2020.182_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2020.182/2020.182_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2020.182/2020.182_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 6.5 x 17.2 cm (2 9/16 x 6 3/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "South China, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279)"
    ],
    "accession": "2020.182"
}

{
    "tec": "Porcelain with pale bluish-white (qingbai) glaze",
    "tombstone": "Bowl with Carved Design, 1100s–1200s. South China, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279). Porcelain with pale bluish-white (qingbai) glaze; overall: 6.5 x 17.2 cm (2 9/16 x 6 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift, 2020.182",
    "collection": "China - Song Dynasty",
    "didYouKnow": "Never intended for imperial use, <em>qingbai </em>ware was among the first mass-produced porcelain types and became a popular export.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Vainker, S. J. <em>Chinese Pottery and Porcelain</em>. London: British Museum, 2005."
        },
        {
            "citation": "Von Spee, Clarissa. \"Chinese Ceramics and Works on Paper.\" In <em>The Keithley Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art, </em>edited by Heather Lemonedes Brown, 194–229. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2022.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 210–211; Mentioned: pp. 259–261"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.182",
    "creditline": "Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift",
    "updatedAt": "2026-06-11 12:17:39.054000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2020.182/2020.182_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 76527,
    "dept": "Chinese Art",
    "coll": "China - Song Dynasty",
    "med": "Porcelain with pale bluish-white (qingbai) glaze",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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