Song Dynasty

Tea Bowl with Russet Hare's Fur Markings, Song dynasty, 12th-13th century. Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. From the Jian kilns at Jianyang, Fujian province. H. 6.0 x Diam. 12.5 cm (2 3/8 x 4 15/16 in.). Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Edmund Chi Chien Lin, 2010.460 © President and Fellows of Harvard College.  The small, circular foot and lightly indented, vertical lip of this large yankou wan, or funnel-shaped bowl, are... [Lire la suite]

Small Tea Bowl with Rounded Sides and Russet Hare's Fur Markings, Song dynasty, 12th-13th century. Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. From the Jian kilns at Jianyang, Fujian province. H. 5.9 x Diam. 10.5 cm (2 5/16 x 4 1/8 in.). Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Edmund Chi Chien Lin, 2010.459 © President and Fellows of Harvard College.  This small tea bowl has rounded sides that rise from its small, circular footring to its circular... [Lire la suite]

Tea Bowl with Indented Lip and Silvery-Brown Hare's-Fur Markings, Song dynasty, 12th-13th century. Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide, the lip banded with metal. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province. H. 6.8 cm x Diam. 12.9 cm (2 11/16 x 5 1/16 in.). Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Leonard P. Braus, Alan J. and Suzanne W. Dworsky, Thomas M.T. and Catherine S.K. Fok, Mark Gaston, Dorothy T. Goldman,... [Lire la suite]

Tea Bowl with Indented Lip and Golden Brown Hare's-Fur Markings, Song dynasty, 12th-13th century. Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province. H. 7.1 × Diam. 12.3 cm (2 13/16 × 4 13/16 in.). Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of William B. Goldstein, M.D., 2004.162.1 © President and Fellows of Harvard College.  Provenance: William B. Goldstein, M.D. purchased from J.J. Lally & Co., New... [Lire la suite]

Small Circular Tea Bowl with Russet Hare's-Fur Markings, Song dynasty, 12th-13th century. Jian ware: gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province. 4.6 x 9.6 cm (1 13/16 x 3 3/4 in.). Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of William B. Goldstein, M.D., 2004.161 © President and Fellows of Harvard College.  Provenance: William B. Goldstein, M.D. purchased from Robert H. Ellsworth, New York

Large Tea Bowl with Flaring Lip and Silvery Brown Hare’s-Fur Markings, Song dynasty, 12th-13th century. Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze enlivened with markings in overglaze iron-brown slip. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province. 7.6 x 16.8 cm (3 x 6 5/8 in.). Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, David Berg, Esq., Bequest Fund and Diran Kavork Dohanian Fund, 2001.222 © President and Fellows of Harvard College.  Provenance: J.J. Lally & Co., New... [Lire la suite]

Tea Bowl with Indented Lip and Silvery Brown Hare's-Fur Markings, Song dynasty, 12th-13th century. 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. H. 7.3 x Diam. 12.7 cm (2 7/8 x 5 in.). Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David Berg, Esq., 1999.230.6 © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Publication History: Sadako... [Lire la suite]

Tea Bowl with Indented Lip and Russet Hare's-Fur Markings, Song dynasty, 12th-13th century. Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide, the base with an incised inscription reading 'Gongyu'. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province, probably from those at Luhuaping or Chidun. 8.1 x 12.2 cm (3 3/16 x 4 13/16 in.). Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Shumei Culture Foundation Fund, 1995.7 © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Publication... [Lire la suite]

Teabowl with Slightly Indented Lip and Pale Russet Hare's Fur Markings, Song dynasty, 12th-13th century. Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide; the rim banded with metal. From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province. H. 6.4 x Diam. 13 cm (2 1/2 x 5 1/8 in.). Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane, 1942.185.441 © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Publication History: Valentine Talland,... [Lire la suite]

Tea Bowl with Indented Lip and Russet Hare's-Fur Markings, Song dynasty, 12th-13th century. Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in overglaze iron oxide, the base with a brush-written inscription reading 'Te'. H. 6.6 x Diam. 12.4 cm (2 5/8 x 4 7/8 in.). Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Horace Emerson Campbell, 1940.3 © President and Fellows of Harvard College. Publication History: Valentine Talland, "Technical Examination of Southern... [Lire la suite]