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    "localId": "284746",
    "label": "Meiping Vase with Carved Floral Sprays",
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    "id": "284746",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Meiping Vase with Carved Floral Sprays",
    "description": "This magnificent plum vase (<em>meiping</em>) derives its name from being used to hold a branch from a flowering plum tree. Vases of this shape with a round shoulder and narrow opening originally served as wine containers. Kilns in southern China that produced this ware with a transparent bluish glaze were among the first that applied underglaze blue-and-white decoration, which became popular during the Yuan (1271–1368) and Ming (1368–1644) dynasties. These elegantly carved floral sprays on a monochromatic ground reflect the refined taste of the Song dynasty emperors.",
    "date": "960–1279",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.20",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
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    ],
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        "Ceramic"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2017.20/2017.20_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 37.7 x 23.5 cm (14 13/16 x 9 1/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "China, Song dynasty (960–1279)"
    ],
    "accession": "2017.2"
}

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    "tec": "Porcelain with pale bluish-white glaze, qingbai (\"blue-white\") ware",
    "tombstone": "Meiping Vase with Carved Floral Sprays, 960–1279. China, Song dynasty (960–1279). Porcelain with pale bluish-white glaze, qingbai (\"blue-white\") ware; overall: 37.7 x 23.5 cm (14 13/16 x 9 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Donna and James Reid, 2017.20",
    "collection": "China - Song Dynasty",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "\"Gifts of Works of Art.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> vol. 57, no. 6 (November/December 2017): 28.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 28.",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2017-06/page/n13/mode/2up"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.20",
    "creditline": "Gift of Donna and James Reid",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 08:51:40.041000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2017.20/2017.20_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 284746,
    "dept": "Chinese Art",
    "coll": "China - Song Dynasty",
    "med": "Porcelain with pale bluish-white glaze, qingbai (\"blue-white\") ware",
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    "image_url": null
}

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