VesselsChinese12th-13th century

Tea Bowl with Indented 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; the lip banded with metal. 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. 7.3 x Diam. 12.7 cm (2 7/8 x 5 in.)

Provenance

David Berg, New York (by 1999), bequest; to Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, 1999. Note: David Berg (1904–1999)

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