Black ware tea bowl with 'hare's fur' glazes

Details

• Title

  Black ware tea bowl with 'hare's fur' glazes

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Fujian province › Jian kilns (place of creation)

• Date

  Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279)

• Material and technique

  stoneware, thrown, with black and brown iron glazes; unglazed base; glazed rim

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  thrown;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › vessel › bowl › drinking-bowl › tea-bowl

• Dimensions

  7 cm (height)
  12.5 cm (diameter)
  at foot 3.9 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.756

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