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Bowl with Carved Lotus Design
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About this work
This pale green–glazed bowl is decorated with a medallion at the center and a lotus motif on the inside and outside walls. China’s increasingly prosperous ceramic industry began exporting green stoneware during the Tang dynasty (618–906) as far as North Africa. Imitations in Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East are evidence of its popularity and enormous success as export ware.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBowl with Carved Lotus Design, 1100s–1300s. China, Southern Song (1127–1279) to Yuan dynasty (1279–1368). Stoneware with pale green (celadon) glaze; overall: 6.6 x 15.5 cm (2 5/8 x 6 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift, 2020.181
