Potter Seated with Double Gourd Vase
Unknown Artist
1300s
Medium
Porcelain with underglaze decoration, qingbai ("blue-white") ware
Dimensions
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Classification
Ceramic
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Accession Number
1973.14
About this artwork
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.