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Potter Seated with Double Gourd Vase
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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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePotter Seated with Double Gourd Vase, 1300s. China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) - Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Porcelain with underglaze decoration, qingbai ("blue-white") ware; overall: 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 1973.14
