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Cizhou ware characteristically shows the use of slip coating, bold designs, and color contrasts to achieve stunning visual effects. This extremely rare and handsome vase is distinguished by its remarkable rhythmic execution of the floral designs achieved by the use of incised and slip-inlaid decoration. With firing, the slip coating and inlaid decoration assumed a soft ivory color whereas the exposed clay body displayed a warm cinnamon brown.
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126001
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Vase with Floral Scrolls
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126001
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Vase with Floral Scrolls
description
Cizhou ware characteristically shows the use of slip coating, bold designs, and color contrasts to achieve stunning visual effects. This extremely rare and handsome vase is distinguished by its remarkable rhythmic execution of the floral designs achieved by the use of incised and slip-inlaid decoration. With firing, the slip coating and inlaid decoration assumed a soft ivory color whereas the exposed clay body displayed a warm cinnamon brown.
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900s–1000s
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CC0
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en
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Q60756923
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Ceramic
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Diameter of mouth: 12.7 cm (5 in.); Overall: 41.3 cm (16 1/4 in.)
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China, Henan province, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127)
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1948.226
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glazed stoneware with incised and slip-inlaid decoration, Cizhou ware
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Vase with Floral Scrolls, 900s–1000s. China, Henan province, Northern Song dynasty (960-1127). Glazed stoneware with incised and slip-inlaid decoration, Cizhou ware; diameter of mouth: 12.7 cm (5 in.); overall: 41.3 cm (16 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1948.226
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China - Song Dynasty
citations
citation
Hollis, Howard. "More Sung Dynasty Stoneware." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>36, no. 1 (January 1949): 13–14.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 10; Mentioned: p. 14
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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. 835
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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. 255
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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. 255
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Lee, Sherman Emery, and James Robinson. <em>The Colors of Ink: Chinese Paintings and Related Ceramics from the Cleveland Museum of Ar</em>t. New York: Asia Society; distributed by New York Graphic Society, 1974.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no 51, pp. 121 and 131
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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. 336
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Mino, Yutaka, and Katherine R. Tsiang. <em>Freedom of Clay and Brush Through Seven Centuries in Northern China: Tz'u-Chou Type Wares, 960-1600 A.D</em>. Indianapolis: Indianapolis Museum of At, 1981.
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Reproduced: pl. no. 13
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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 and reproduced: pp. 110–111, cat. no. 115
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Hasebe, Gakuji 長谷部楽爾. <em>Sōji: shinpin to yobareta yakimono</em> [宋磁 : 神品とよばれたやきもの = Song ceramics]. Japan: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1999.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 135, cat. no. 96
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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. 99
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Giuffrida, Noelle. <em>Separating Sheep from Goats: Sherman E. Lee and Chinese Art Collecting in Postwar America.</em> Oakland, California: University of California Press, 2018.
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Reproduced: p. 164, fig. 93
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:31:17.369000
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126001
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Chinese Art
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China - Song Dynasty
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glazed stoneware with incised and slip-inlaid decoration, Cizhou ware
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