Caption

Tea bowl, Southern Song Dynasty 1127–1279, China. Stoneware round bowl on a small ring foot with slightly rounded walls, widely flared, upturned rim; height 6.5 cm, diameter 11.6 cm, weight 0.14 kg. Olive-celadon glaze with cracklework over a stoneware body. Exterior decorated with peony branches and flowers in shallow diagonal, multi-planar relief cut into the body; inside, six vertical stripes of lighter engobe run from rim to rim surrounding the bottom. Belongs to the northern celadon type, marked by shallow relief decoration and olive-green celadon glaze that accentuates recessed areas. A flat-profiled wooden stand is attached. Masterpiece; ceramics, stoneware, celadon; tea accessory; floral ornament peonies., A round ceramic bowl viewed from above with a glossy olive green surface and a slightly darker green center, showing a network of fine crackle patterns and a few faint lighter streaks across the rim, set against a uniform medium gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A29_359

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Rights managed

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41.6Mb (486.8Kb) / 13.4in x 12.0in / 4028 x 3607 (300dpi)

Keywords

Tea bowl Southern Song Dynasty 1127–1279 China Stoneware round bowl small ring foot slightly rounded walls widely flared upturned rim height 6.5 cm diameter 11.6 cm weight 0.14 kg Olive-celadon glaze cracklework stoneware body Exterior decorated peony branches flowers shallow diagonal multi-planar relief cut body inside six vertical stripes lighter engobe run rim rim surrounding bottom Belongs northern celadon type marked shallow relief decoration olive-green celadon glaze accentuates recessed areas flat-profiled wooden stand attached Masterpiece ceramics stoneware celadon tea accessory floral ornament peonies round ceramic bowl viewed glossy olive green surface darker green center showing network fine crackle patterns faint lighter streaks across set uniform medium gray background.