Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art Object Details

Jian hare's fur tea bowl China, Fujian Province, Southern Song/Yuan Dynasty, 13th-15th century

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The russet coloured iron rich stoneware bowl is of tapering circular form with a thick black glaze that has withdrawn from the rim to create the hare's fur effect.

Dimensions

12cm wide, 6cm high

Condition

There is a firing crack to one side of the bowl and there are three small chips to the rim. Otherwise it is in reasonably good condition.

References

For further information see Robert D Mowry, Hare's Fur, Tortoiseshell, and Partridge Feathers, 1996, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachussetts.

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