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Bowl with Ducks among Waves and Reeds

Bowl with Ducks among Waves and Reeds

1100s

Description

Delicacy and refinement, combined with simplicity of shape, make Ding ware particularly attractive. The best pieces were selected by the Northern Song court for imperial use. The white, thin body is covered with a transparent ivory glaze that occasionally runs down toward the foot, forming streaks or drops called "tear-stains" by the Chinese connoisseurs. As the vessel was fired upside down, the rim was unglazed and could be bound with a metal band, such as copper or precious silver and gold.
  • ?–1929
    (Parish-Watson & Co., Inc, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1929–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Hollis, Howard C. “Four Chinese Ceramics.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 17, no. 3 (March 1930): 42–43, 47. Mentioned: p. 43; reproduced: p. 47 www.jstor.org
    Lee, Sherman E. The Colors of Ink: Chinese Paintings and Related Ceramics from the Cleveland Museum of Art. [New York]: Asia Society; distributed by New York Graphic Society, 1974. Cat. no. 57
    Kleinhenz, Henry J. “Porcelains for Imperial Use: The Sung Dynasty.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 65, no. 4 (April 1978): 135–150. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 138-139 www.jstor.org
    Neils, Jenifer. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 99, no. 103
  • The Colors of Ink. Asia House Galleries (January 10-March 3, 1974); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 9-May 12, 1974).
    Exhibition of Far Eastern Art, Lent by Parish-Watson & Co., Inc, New York, NY (1929).
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