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Ewer with a Lion-shaped Spout

Ewer with a Lion-shaped Spout

900s-1000s

Description

This remarkable ewer is most likely a very early and rare type of Yaozhou ware, with the shape and decoration recalling Tang metal ware. High quality pieces like this might have been sent as tribute to the Northern Song court. Yaozhou ware, or northern celadon, appeared to have been made in the north in emulation of the southern Yue ware. But its green glaze has a deep olive-green tone, and potters fully exploited the contrasting tones of the glaze over the incised and carved decoration to create rich textural effects.
  • ?-1948
    (Dikran G. Kelekian [1867-1951], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1948-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1948-present
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 842 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 256 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 256 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 337 archive.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 100, no. 104
    Hasebe, Gakuji. Sōji: shinpin to yobareta yakimono [Song ceramics = 宋磁 : 神品とよばれたやきもの]. [Tokyo?]: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1999. Reproduced: cat. no. 11
  • Song Porcelain. Tobu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan (March 6-April 13, 1999); Museum of Oriental Ceramics Osaka, Japan (April 25-June 13, 1999); Hagi Uragami Museum, Yamaguchi (June 20-August 15, 1999).
    Chinese Ceramics. Tokyo National Museum (organizer) (October 12-November 23, 1994).
    The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-August 22, 1982).
    La Chine des Sung, 960-1279. Musee Cermushi, Paris, France (Sept. 5-Nov. 10, 1956).
    Selected Sung Ceramics. The Japan Ceramic Society, Tokyo, Japan (April 26-May 2, 1955).
    Chinese Ceramics. Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California (March 14-April 22, 1952).
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