VesselsChinese12th-13th century

Tea Bowl with Indented Lip and Decoration of a Plum Blosson and Three Phoenixes in Flight

13th-14th century

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Jizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the Jizhou kilns near Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.

Culture

Chinese

Period

Southern Song period (1127-1279) to Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)

Century

12th-13th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

6.7 x 16.2 cm (2 5/8 x 6 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Peter W. Scheinman purchased from dealer Susan Chen, Hong Kong

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