COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.1964.163
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CMA_.1964.163
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
1998
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1998
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
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Creator Nationality:
Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese
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Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese
Creator Nationality
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Creator Dates/Places:
China
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China
Creator Dates/Places
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Creator Name-CRT:
China, Yuan Dynasty
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China, Yuan Dynasty
Creator Name-CRT
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Title:
Fluted Cup with Dragon Handle, Qingbai Ware
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Fluted Cup with Dragon Handle, Qingbai Ware
Title
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Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
Title Type
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
early 14th Century
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early 14th Century
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
1300
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1300
Creation Start Date
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Creation End Date:
1333
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1333
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
glazed porcelain
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glazed porcelain
Materials and Techniques
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Classification Term:
Ceramic
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Ceramic
Classification Term
false
Classification Term:
Ceramic
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Ceramic
Classification Term
false
Dimensions:
Diameter: 9cm
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Diameter: 9cm
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
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Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Owner Location
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ID Number:
1964.163
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1964.163
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
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Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
Credit Line
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
Rights
false
Context:
Porcelain is one of China's greatest contributions to the world's material culture. The ceramic is composed of two elements, kaolin (an English word based on the Chinese term Gaoling, literally "High Ridge," one of its primary locations in China)--a white-firing clay--and petuntse (an English word based on the Chinese term baidunzi, "little white bricks")--a feldspathic substance derived from granite that must be refined before use. Properly combined, the two produce a vitrified or glassy body when fired to about 1,200 degrees Celsius. Porcelains are usually coated with feldspathic glazes, which easily bond to the ceramic body in the heat of the kiln and provide an attractive, slightly bluish shiny surface. The earliest southern Chinese examples were probably being produced in Raozhou, Jiangxi Province, by the year 1000. In an effort to generate revenue through trade and taxation, the central government encouraged increased porcelain production at these independent kilns, thus contributing to the creation of large industrial-style facilities. By the fourteenth century, when this cup was made, fine porcelains were being manufactured in startling numbers at huge factories for the large national market as well as for export to Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia,India, and the Near East. This cup, created just before underglaze painting in blue and red came to dominate porcelain decoration, owes its aesthetic effect to other factors. Very thinly potted, the subtly lobed body is almost translucent. The thin, slightly opaque glaze lends a sugary shine. Applied elements, including handle, beaded borders, and sculptural floret, are constructed and glazed with the same materials as the body, providing a seamless blend of form and decorative embellishment. The result is an evocative reminder of slightly earlier silver cups, also created in the form of flowers. This pristine, natural construction is challenged, however, by the archaic dragon that acts as the handle. Borrowed from the decoration found on much earlier bronzes, this added form illustrates the eclecticism of the Yuan, the attempt to blend present vision with interest in the past. K.W.
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Porcelain is one of China's greatest contributions to the world's material culture. The ceramic is composed of two elements, kaolin (an English word based on the Chinese term Gaoling, literally "High Ridge," one of its primary locations in China)--a white-firing clay--and petuntse (an English word based on the Chinese term baidunzi, "little white bricks")--a feldspathic substance derived from granite that must be refined before use. Properly combined, the two produce a vitrified or glassy body when fired to about 1,200 degrees Celsius. Porcelains are usually coated with feldspathic glazes, which easily bond to the ceramic body in the heat of the kiln and provide an attractive, slightly bluish shiny surface. The earliest southern Chinese examples were probably being produced in Raozhou, Jiangxi Province, by the year 1000. In an effort to generate revenue through trade and taxation, the central government encouraged increased porcelain production at these independent kilns, thus contributing to the creation of large industrial-style facilities. By the fourteenth century, when this cup was made, fine porcelains were being manufactured in startling numbers at huge factories for the large national market as well as for export to Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia,India, and the Near East. This cup, created just before underglaze painting in blue and red came to dominate porcelain decoration, owes its aesthetic effect to other factors. Very thinly potted, the subtly lobed body is almost translucent. The thin, slightly opaque glaze lends a sugary shine. Applied elements, including handle, beaded borders, and sculptural floret, are constructed and glazed with the same materials as the body, providing a seamless blend of form and decorative embellishment. The result is an evocative reminder of slightly earlier silver cups, also created in the form of flowers. This pristine, natural construction is challenged, however, by the archaic dragon that acts as the handle. Borrowed from the decoration found on much earlier bronzes, this added form illustrates the eclecticism of the Yuan, the attempt to blend present vision with interest in the past. K.W.
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1964.163.tif
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CMA_.1964.163.tif
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