Cup and Stand
A stemmed cup with a lobed, flaring rim sits on a matching dish stand with a scalloped foot pierced by small cut-out openings. The smooth pale bluish-white glaze, with faint incised lines on the bowl, is typical of qingbai ware. The pair is shown in a plain studio setting with soft, even lighting.
Look closer: Small pierced cut-out openings in the scalloped foot, shaped like tiny lobes, are easy to overlook.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1100s
- Medium
- Porcelain with pale bluish-white glaze, qingbai ("blue-white") ware
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 3400 × 2494 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1199).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, 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