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Source Description
An ivory-colored glaze covers this shallow bowl with a solid flat foot ring, revealing an almost pure white body. Bowls of this type and shape were used for drinking tea and were traded as far as Samarra (modern Iraq). Red tea consumed during the Tang dynasty (618–906) was believed to look best in pale green or white-glazed bowls. When white whisked powdered tea was introduced a century later during the Song dynasty (960–1279), tastes and aesthetics for tea ceramics changed and dark-glazed teabowls were preferred.
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76525
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Ding Ware Bowl of the Xing Type with Bi-Disc Foot
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76525
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Ding Ware Bowl of the Xing Type with Bi-Disc Foot
description
An ivory-colored glaze covers this shallow bowl with a solid flat foot ring, revealing an almost pure white body. Bowls of this type and shape were used for drinking tea and were traded as far as Samarra (modern Iraq). Red tea consumed during the Tang dynasty (618–906) was believed to look best in pale green or white-glazed bowls. When white whisked powdered tea was introduced a century later during the Song dynasty (960–1279), tastes and aesthetics for tea ceramics changed and dark-glazed teabowls were preferred.
date
907–60
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CC0
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en
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Q87480820
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Ceramic
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Overall: 4.7 x 18.5 cm (1 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
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China, Henan province, Gongxian kilns, Five dynasties (907–60)
accession
2020.186
Source extras
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White stoneware with ivory-white glaze
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Ding Ware Bowl of the Xing Type with Bi-Disc Foot, 907–60. China, Henan province, Gongxian kilns, Five dynasties (907–60). White stoneware with ivory-white glaze; overall: 4.7 x 18.5 cm (1 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift, 2020.186
collection
China - Five Dynasties
didYouKnow
The bowl’s foot ring is shaped like a Neolithic <em>bi </em>(璧), a flat jade disc with a central circular hole, which had some ritual function.
citations
citation
Von Spee, Clarissa. "Chinese Ceramics and Works on Paper." In <em>The Keithley Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art, </em>edited by Heather Lemonedes Brown, 194–229. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2022.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 198–199; Mentioned: pp. 259–261
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Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
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2026-06-11 12:17:39.040000
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76525
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Chinese Art
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China - Five Dynasties
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White stoneware with ivory-white glaze
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