Potter Seated with Double Gourd Vase
1300s
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
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 The double gourd is traditionally regarded as a talisman that protected children against diseases.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- Porcelain with underglaze decoration, qingbai ("blue-white") ware
- Medium
- porcelain, underglaze, decoration, qingbai, blue-white, ware
- Dimensions
- Overall: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1973.14
- Credit Line
- The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Colors of Ink, China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 010 Focus Gallery
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