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Source Description
Painted in a continuous scene around the cylindrical body is an episode from a folktale about Sima Guang (1019-86), a renowned Northern Song statesman and scholar who exercised quick thinking in his childhood when he broke a ceramic vat filled with water to rescue a drowning playmate
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140181
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Brush Pot with Episode from Life on Sima Guang
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140181
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title
Brush Pot with Episode from Life on Sima Guang
description
Painted in a continuous scene around the cylindrical body is an episode from a folktale about Sima Guang (1019-86), a renowned Northern Song statesman and scholar who exercised quick thinking in his childhood when he broke a ceramic vat filled with water to rescue a drowning playmate
date
1628–61
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en
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Q60757961
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Ceramic
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Diameter: 20.2 cm (7 15/16 in.); Overall: 20.4 cm (8 1/16 in.)
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China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen, Qing dynasty, Shunzhi period (1644–61)
accession
1964.179
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porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
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Brush Pot with Episode from Life on Sima Guang, 1628–61. China, Jiangxi Province, Jingdezhen, Qing dynasty, Shunzhi period (1644–61). Porcelain with underglaze blue decoration; diameter: 20.2 cm (7 15/16 in.); overall: 20.4 cm (8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.179
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China - Ming Dynasty
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Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
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2026-05-29 07:11:08.993000
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140181
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Chinese Art
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China - Ming Dynasty
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porcelain with underglaze blue decoration
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