Cleveland Museum of Art
Potter Seated with Double Gourd Vase
- Date
- 1300s
- Medium
- Porcelain with underglaze decoration, qingbai ("blue-white") ware
- Culture
- China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) - Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 147392
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Made in South China, this figurine of a potter holding a double-gourd vase was probably once used as a toy. The coarse white porcelain form is covered with thin light greenish-blue, qingbai , glaze. The potter's cap and the coils on his shoulders are painted with blackish-brown ferruginous slip. The glaze stops short of the slightly recessed base, which is burnt a very light pinkish-buff color. The double gourd is traditionally regarded as a talisman that protected children against diseases.
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- Credit line
- The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Provenance
- ?–1973: (Hugh Moss, Ltd., London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) | 1973–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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