Bowl with Carved Lotus Design
1100s–1300s
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
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 In Chinese Buddhist culture, the lotus flower symbolizes good fortune and the process of achieving spiritual enlightenment.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- Stoneware with pale green (celadon) glaze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 6.6 x 15.5 cm (2 5/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 2020.181
- Credit Line
- Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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