VesselsChinese12th-13th century

Large Tea Bowl with Flaring Lip and Silvery Brown Hare’s-Fur Markings

12th-13th century

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze enlivened with markings in overglaze iron-brown slip. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.

Culture

Chinese

Period

Song dynasty, 960-1279

Century

12th-13th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 7.6 × Diam. 16.8 cm (3 × 6 5/8 in.)

Provenance

Provenance: J.J. Lally & Co., New York Christie’s, New York, Sale 9822, Lot 91 Mr. and Mrs. Myron S. Falk, Jr. Collection, New York (Collection number 103); purchased from C.T. Loo & Cie, Paris, in February 1963 C.T. Loo & Cie, Paris Mme. Ramet, Paris

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