Jar with Lion-Head Handles
1300s
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Jar with Lion-Head Handles, 1300s. China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Porcelain with underglaze painted decoration; diameter of mouth: 15.6 cm (6 1/8 in.); overall: 39.4 x 37.5 cm (15 1/2 x 14 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1962.154 The characters for "palace" and "south" are scratched into the white glaze on the vessel's shoulder, suggesting that it was once kept in a specific location in a palace.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- porcelain with underglaze painted decoration
- Medium
- porcelain, underglaze, painted, decoration
- Dimensions
- Diameter of mouth: 15.6 cm (6 1/8 in.); Overall: 39.4 x 37.5 cm (15 1/2 x 14 3/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 南 Translation: South Remark: This character is scratched into the white glaze on one of the vessel's shoulders. Inscription: 宮 Translation: Palace Remark: This character is scratched into the white glaze on one of the vessel's shoulders.
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1962.154
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review - 1962, Chinese Art Under the Mongols: The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Printing in Color, The Twain Shall Meet, Asian Autumn: Masterpieces from the Collection, The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia 1256-1353, Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 238 Chinese Ceramics
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