Description
The kilns of Jingdezhen in Jiangxi province produced an extremely delicate porcelain made from the local resources of kaolin (white China clay) and petuntse (a feldspathic rock called china stone). It is glazed with a clear bluish-white glaze, thus the name qingbai (blue-white) or yingqing (shadowy blue) for this type of ware.
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Bernat; (Sotheby's, November 7, 1980 sale, lot no. 84, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art through Eskenazi, Ltd.) (November 7, 1980); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1980–)
Accession Number
1980.185.a
Medium
Porcelain with pale bluish-white glaze, qingbai ("blue-white") ware
Dimensions
Diameter: 4.9 x 10.5 cm (1 15/16 x 4 1/8 in.); Overall: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.)
Classification
Ceramic
Credit Line
Gifts of Laurence H. Norton, Robert G. Norton, and Mrs. Miriam Norton White in memory of Mr. and Mrs. D. Z. Norton; Mrs. A. S. Chisholm; Horace E. Potter; and the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust by exchange
