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{
    "localId": "147392",
    "label": "Potter Seated with Double Gourd Vase",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

{
    "id": "147392",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Potter Seated with Double Gourd Vase",
    "description": "Made in South China, this figurine of a potter holding a double-gourd vase was probably once used as a toy. The coarse white porcelain form is covered with thin light greenish-blue, <em>qingbai</em>, glaze. The potter's cap and the coils on his shoulders are painted with blackish-brown ferruginous slip. The glaze stops short of the slightly recessed base, which is burnt a very light pinkish-buff color.",
    "date": "1300s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.14",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79926398"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Ceramic"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1973.14/1973.14_web.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1973.14/1973.14_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1973.14/1973.14_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) - Ming dynasty (1368-1644)"
    ],
    "accession": "1973.14"
}

{
    "tec": "Porcelain with underglaze decoration, qingbai (\"blue-white\") ware",
    "tombstone": "Potter Seated with Double Gourd Vase, 1300s. China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) - Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Porcelain with underglaze decoration, qingbai (\"blue-white\") ware; overall: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 1973.14",
    "collection": "China - Yuan Dynasty",
    "didYouKnow": "The double gourd is traditionally regarded as a talisman that protected children against diseases.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Lee, Sherman E. <em>The Colors of Ink: Chinese Paintings and Related Ceramics from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. [New York]: Asia Society; distributed by New York Graphic Society, 1974.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: cat. no. 64"
        },
        {
            "citation": "“The Year in Review for 1973.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 61, no. 2, 1974, pp. 31–78.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: cat. no 192, p. 67; Mentioned: p. 79",
            "url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152513"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.14",
    "creditline": "The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:33:14.260000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1973.14/1973.14_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 147392,
    "dept": "Chinese Art",
    "coll": "China - Yuan Dynasty",
    "med": "Porcelain with underglaze decoration, qingbai (\"blue-white\") ware",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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    "pageIndex": 0,
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