Title

Jian temmoku tea bowl, Southern Song, China, 13th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Jian temmoku tea bowl, Southern Song, China, 13th century. A typical Jian yao tea bowl from Fujian province with finger groove near the rim. The unglazed base is of typical dark brown biscuit. The inside and outside are both glazed with an unusual even brown glaze with small black flecks overall. The base is unusually incised with single character 'Tian'.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1200

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B73_171

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

18,0Mb (451,9Kb) / 7,4in x 9,5in / 2218 x 2836 (300dpi)

Keywords

bowl arts country China art Chinese color colour brown tea location century pottery artefact dynasty artifact glazed stoneware Thirteenth Century 13th century Museum of East Asian Art Jian ware Southern Song dynasty tea bowl object Unknown ceramic ceramic object