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Source Description
This tea bowl's coarse brown stoneware body was first covered with a thick, blue-black glaze. It was mottled with reddish-brown slip, whose pattern of streaks and spots are affectionately termed "hare's fur" among connoisseurs.
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134220
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Tea Bowl
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134220
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Tea Bowl
description
This tea bowl's coarse brown stoneware body was first covered with a thick, blue-black glaze. It was mottled with reddish-brown slip, whose pattern of streaks and spots are affectionately termed "hare's fur" among connoisseurs.
date
960– 1279
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CC0
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en
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Q80026712
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Ceramic
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Diameter: 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.); Overall: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.)
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China, Fujian province, Song dynasty (960-1279)
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1956.703
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brown stoneware with iron slip glaze, Jian ware
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Tea Bowl, 960– 1279. China, Fujian province, Song dynasty (960-1279). Brown stoneware with iron slip glaze, Jian ware; diameter: 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.); overall: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection, 1956.703
collection
China - Song Dynasty
didYouKnow
Jian ware was very popular with the tea cultures in China and Japan.
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The Fanny Tewksbury King Collection
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2026-05-29 06:52:19.607000
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134220
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Chinese Art
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China - Song Dynasty
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brown stoneware with iron slip glaze, Jian ware
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