Object Title
Teabowl, Cizhou-type ware
Measurements
diam: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Creation Date
11th or 12th century, Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Alfred Greisman, Arts and Sciences, Class of 1955, and Mrs. Linda Greisman, by exchange, and gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leverett S. Woodworth, by exchange, with additional support from Eunice Shatzman, Class of 1949, and Herbert Shatzman, supplement
Culture
Country of Origin
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
http://library24.library.cornell.edu:8280/luna/servlet/s/41551c
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Tang Dynasty, or earlier (618-906 CE)
Provenance Information
n.d. - 1989 collection of Reach family, London; (1989 with Eskenazi Ltd., London (on consignment from Reach family)); 1989 – 2009 collection of Dr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Gordon, San Francisco (purchased through Eskenazi Ltd.); (2009 with J. J. Lally & Co., New York (on consignment from Dr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Gordon)); 2009 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (purchased through J. J. Lally & Co.)
Exhibition Information
Eskenazi Ltd., London, Chinese Art from the Reach Family Collection, December 8 - 22, 1989
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, The Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Gordon: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, March 12 - April 14, 2009
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, The Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Gordon: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, March 12 - April 14, 2009
Publication Information
Eskenazi Ltd. Chinese Art from the Reach Family Collection, December 8 - 22, 1989 [a sale cat.]. (London: Eskenazi Ltd., 1989); ref. n.p., illus. n.p., cat. no. 19. [catalogued as "Stoneware Bowl"]
J. J. Lally & Co. The Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Gordon: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, March 12 - April 14, 2009 [a sale cat.]. (New York: J. J. Lally & Co., 2009); ref. n.p., color illus. n.p., cat. no. 50.
J. J. Lally & Co. The Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Gordon: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, March 12 - April 14, 2009 [a sale cat.]. (New York: J. J. Lally & Co., 2009); ref. n.p., color illus. n.p., cat. no. 50.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Prior to our acquiring this object, it had been in a couple prominent private collections and was previously published as part of those collections.
Furthermore, although the Museum’s collection is strong across ancient Chinese ceramics, there are only a few pieces of this period and style represented in our collection, and significant examples of this specific form of Northern Song black-glazed tea bowl are rare. It is an exceptional object and demonstrates the importance of this medium and form in the Northern Song culture, particularly when held in dialogue with similar objects from other dynasties and/or cultures.
Furthermore, although the Museum’s collection is strong across ancient Chinese ceramics, there are only a few pieces of this period and style represented in our collection, and significant examples of this specific form of Northern Song black-glazed tea bowl are rare. It is an exceptional object and demonstrates the importance of this medium and form in the Northern Song culture, particularly when held in dialogue with similar objects from other dynasties and/or cultures.