Tea Bowl: Jian ware (960–1279): Art, History and Details
Tea Bowl: Jian ware at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 960–1279, stoneware. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Tea Bowl: Jian ware (960–1279) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
This tea bowl has rounded sides, a small foot, and a slight groove below the lip. The café au lait–colored glaze is burned thin at the rim. There are irregular blue-black "hare's fur" markings on the bottom of the bowl. The lip shows signs of much use.
Object facts
- Title: Tea Bowl: Jian ware
- Date: 960–1279
- Culture: China, near Shui ch'i, Song dynasty (960-1279)
- Type: Ceramic
- Technique: stoneware
- Dimensions: Diameter: 12.8 cm (5 1/16 in.); Overall: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
- Collection: China - Song Dynasty
- Department: Chinese Art
- Accession number: 1942.129
A detail from the museum
Pieces of saggar remain sticking to the outside.
Collection credit
John L. Severance Collection
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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