1992.74: Tea Bowl with Indented Lip, Golden Brown Hare's-Fur Markings, and Metal Rim

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1992.74

Title

Tea Bowl with Indented Lip, Golden Brown Hare's-Fur Markings, and Metal Rim

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

12th-13th century

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China, Fujian Province, Jianyang

Period

Song dynasty, 960-1279

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/200978

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Jian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze, the markings in iron oxide, the lip bound with tin, the base with an incised number, and the lower portion of the bowl with a brush-written inscription reading "Shang zhai ji". From the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province.

Dimensions

6.7 x 12.4 cm (2 5/8 x 4 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: Base with an incised number, and the lower portion of the bowl with a brush-written insciption reading "Shang chai chi".

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art

Accession Year

1992

Object Number

1992.74

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Robert D. Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers: Chinese brown- and black-glazed ceramics, 400-1400, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1996), pp. 209-213, no. 77

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