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Source Description
The glaze pattern on this tea bowl consists of black and gray striations that resemble rabbit or hare fur. The dark hues of tea bowls such as this example were considered among the best colors for complementing the light yellow-green color of powdered tea that had been whisked into foam. Wares produced at the Jian kilns in Fujian province were used exclusively for drinking tea, an indication of tea’s popularity in China at this time.
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Document identity
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20110
label
Tea Bowl with “Hare’s Fur” Pattern
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Source metadata
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20110
sourceUrl
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object
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normalized
title
Tea Bowl with “Hare’s Fur” Pattern
description
The glaze pattern on this tea bowl consists of black and gray striations that resemble rabbit or hare fur. The dark hues of tea bowls such as this example were considered among the best colors for complementing the light yellow-green color of powdered tea that had been whisked into foam. Wares produced at the Jian kilns in Fujian province were used exclusively for drinking tea, an indication of tea’s popularity in China at this time.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
960-1279 (Song dynasty (960–1279))
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CC0
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en
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tea bowls
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6
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import
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cm
width
6.7
height
12.1
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H: 2 5/8 × Diam: 4 3/4 in. (6.7 × 12.1 cm)
Source extras
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Chinese
style
Jian ware
dynasty
Song dynasty (960–1279)
med
Stoneware ceramic, copper-oxide glaze (Jian)
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6238
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CHN
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2514
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