VesselsChinese13th-14th century

Tea Bowl with Patterned Tortoiseshell Mottles

late 13th-14th century

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Jizhou ware: light gray (or light grayish buff) stoneware with dark brown glaze suffused with buff markings. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.

Culture

Chinese

Period

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

Century

13th-14th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

5.5 x 10.9 cm (2 3/16 x 4 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Peter W. Scheinman purchased at Sotheby's or Christie's, New York or London

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