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Artist/Maker
Unknown artist, Chinese
Datec. 960-1126 CE
MediumStoneware with qingbai glaze
DimensionsOverall: 30 3/4 × 13 in. (78.1 × 33 cm)
Overall (with Lid height included): 38 3/8 × 13 in. (97.5 × 33 cm)
Credit LinePurchase
Object number1993.12.1a
On view
DescriptionYingqing is a type of Chinese ceramic produced primarily during the Song dynasty, lasting from 960 to 1126 A.D., in the town of Jingdezghen in the Jiangxi province. Yingqing translates roughly to “shadowy blue” and is named for its distinctive glaze, typically ranging in color from bluish gray to bluish green. This type of ceramic was widely popular and was commonly used in the form of vases, ewers, stem cups, and funerary urns such as these. Vessels of this kind were always made in pairs and filled with grain, probably rice, prior to being placed in a tomb. Their contents were intended to sustain the deceased in the afterlife. The decoration on these urns includes rows of mourners, some of which bow in supplication. Dragons modeled in high relief circumnavigate the urns among stylized clouds and animals. Moons project from the sides of the urns, which are in turn topped by lids with birds as handles (SOURCE: Wellin Museum permanent collection label, Summer 2016).
Collections
Additional Details
Alternate Titles
Yingquing funerary urn
Qingbai ci funerary urn
Qingbai ci funerary urn
Exhibition History
2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
2015
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," September 1, 2015 - ongoing (no catalog).
2014
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Find and Seek," September 2014 - August 28, 2015 (no catalog).
2012
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," October 6, 2012 - September 2014 (no catalog).
2005
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Hamilton Collects: A Century of Curiosities: The Story of the Hamilton College Collection", September 29 - December 30, 2005 (unnumbered cat.).
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
2015
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," September 1, 2015 - ongoing (no catalog).
2014
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Find and Seek," September 2014 - August 28, 2015 (no catalog).
2012
Clinton, NY. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Archive Hall: Art and Artifacts," October 6, 2012 - September 2014 (no catalog).
2005
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Hamilton Collects: A Century of Curiosities: The Story of the Hamilton College Collection", September 29 - December 30, 2005 (unnumbered cat.).
Provenance
1993: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by purchase at auction, Sotheby's, New York.
Published References
Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, "1993 Acquisitions," FRIENDS OF ART NEWSLETTER vol. 1, no. 6 (April 1994).
Unknown artist, Chinese
Date: c. 960-1126 CE
Medium: Stoneware with qingbai glaze
Object number: 1993.12.2a
D.W. Kellogg & Company
Date: c. 1830-1840
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.142
Unknown artist, Chinese
Date: c. 960-1127
Medium: Stoneware with white glaze
Object number: 2016.6.4
Ozioma Onuzulike
Date: 2023
Medium: Earthenware and stoneware clays, ash glazes, recycled glasses and copper wire with 4,770 ceramic palm kernel shell beads
Object number: 2024.19
Unknown artist, Roman (Ancient)
Date: c. 4th century CE
Medium: Blown glass with trailing
Object number: 1929.107