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Jar with Cover

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The beauty of Jun ware lies in its spectacular glaze effects, which provide immediate visual appeal.

Bird-shaped Urn

Cleveland Museum of Art

An imaginative shape and abstract curvilinear patterns lend delightful charm to this functional jar.

Bowl with Lotus Scrolls

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Bowl such as this, with kinrande (gold-engraved) decoration over monochrome enamels, may have been made originally for export to Japan.

Bulb Bowl

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Numbered Jun ware is inscribed with a number on its bottom-in this case number "two"-and is thought to have been made initially for the earl

Jar

The Cleveland Museum of Art

This finely potted vessel has an off-white porcelain body covered with a transparent glaze, giving an overall warm white color.

Bowl with Ducks among Waves and Reeds

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Delicacy and refinement, combined with simplicity of shape, make Ding ware particularly attractive.

Bottle-shaped Vase

The Cleveland Museum of Art

An 18th-century Korean collector Yu Man-joo (1755–1788) wrote that “spending money on luxury clothing, dishes, and decorations for the home is a waste

Brush Pot with Episode from Life on Sima Guang

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Painted in a continuous scene around the cylindrical body is an episode from a folktale about Sima Guang (1019-86), a renowned Northern Song statesman

Vase with Pear-Shaped Body

The Cleveland Museum of Art

An 18th-century Korean collector Yu Man-joo (1755–1788) wrote that “spending money on luxury clothing, dishes, and decorations for the home is a waste

Vase with Lotus Plants

The Cleveland Museum of Art

An 18th-century Korean collector Yu Man-joo (1755–1788) wrote that “spending money on luxury clothing, dishes, and decorations for the home is a waste

Bowl with Dragons and Clouds

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Vase

The Cleveland Museum of Art

An 18th-century Korean collector Yu Man-joo (1755–1788) wrote that “spending money on luxury clothing, dishes, and decorations for the home is a waste

Jar with Spiral Designs

The Cleveland Museum of Art

This jar is a spectacular example of painted pottery from the Majiayao culture, one of the regional cultures of prehistoric China.

Transitional Blue-and-White Square Bottle

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The shape of this flask derives from European gin bottles.

Pair of Leather Bag-Shaped Flasks with Covers

Cleveland Museum of Art

Flasks like these derive their shapes from leather bags; even the edges are finely rouletted to resemble the seams of sewn leather.

Headrest with Three Lions

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Three lions—two ferocious adults and one playful cub—form the base of this Chinese headrest.

Bowl with Poppies, Tree Peony, and Flowering Mimosa

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Developments in enamel technology led to new possibilities in polychrome decoration.

Vase (Meiping) with Waves

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Jizhou ware characteristically shows the use of slip coating, bold designs, and color contrasts to achieve stunning visual effects.

Ewer with a Lion-shaped Spout

The Cleveland Museum of Art

This remarkable ewer is most likely a very early and rare type of Yaozhou ware, with the shape and decoration recalling Tang metal ware.

Leather Bag-Shaped Flask with Cover

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Flasks like these derive their shapes from leather bags; even the edges are finely rouletted to resemble the seams of sewn leather.

Meiping Vase with Carved Floral Sprays

The Cleveland Museum of Art

This magnificent plum vase (meiping) derives its name from being used to hold a branch from a flowering plum tree.

Marbled Bowl

The Cleveland Museum of Art

This bowl was potted using the marbling technique called jiaotai (mixed clay), whereby light- and dark-colored clays are combined to create natural pa