Pair of Qingbai Ware Bowls with Covers
1100s–1200s
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Pair of Qingbai Ware Bowls with Covers, 1100s–1200s. South China, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279). Porcelain with pale bluish-white (qingbai; 青白) glaze; silver mount; each: 12.5 x 15.5 cm (4 15/16 x 6 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.173 The kilns in which qingbai ware were fired used pine wood as fuel, preventing oxidation and creating the distinct blue-green tint.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- Porcelain with pale bluish-white (qingbai; 青白) glaze; silver mount
- Dimensions
- Each: 12.5 x 15.5 cm (4 15/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 2020.173
- Credit Line
- Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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