CC0 · no rights reserved
Tea Bowl: Jian ware
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this 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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineTea Bowl: Jian ware, 960–1279. China, near Shui ch'i, Song dynasty (960-1279). Stoneware; diameter: 12.8 cm (5 1/16 in.); overall: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Collection, 1942.129
