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Source Description
This pale green–glazed bowl is decorated with a medallion at the center and a lotus motif on the inside and outside walls. China’s increasingly prosperous ceramic industry began exporting green stoneware during the Tang dynasty (618–906) as far as North Africa. Imitations in Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East are evidence of its popularity and enormous success as export ware.
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76526
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Bowl with Carved Lotus Design
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76526
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Bowl with Carved Lotus Design
description
This pale green–glazed bowl is decorated with a medallion at the center and a lotus motif on the inside and outside walls. China’s increasingly prosperous ceramic industry began exporting green stoneware during the Tang dynasty (618–906) as far as North Africa. Imitations in Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East are evidence of its popularity and enormous success as export ware.
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1100s–1300s
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q87480822
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Ceramic
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Overall: 6.6 x 15.5 cm (2 5/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
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China, Southern Song (1127–1279) to Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
accession
2020.181
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Stoneware with pale green (celadon) glaze
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Bowl with Carved Lotus Design, 1100s–1300s. China, Southern Song (1127–1279) to Yuan dynasty (1279–1368). Stoneware with pale green (celadon) glaze; overall: 6.6 x 15.5 cm (2 5/8 x 6 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift, 2020.181
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China - Song Dynasty
didYouKnow
In Chinese Buddhist culture, the lotus flower symbolizes good fortune and the process of achieving spiritual enlightenment.
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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.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 216; Mentioned: pp. 259–261
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Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
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2026-06-11 12:17:39.047000
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76526
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Chinese Art
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China - Song Dynasty
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Stoneware with pale green (celadon) glaze
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