Teabowl with Phoenix and Tortoiseshell Glaze

Gallery 334, Asian Art, third floor

Main Building

Teabowl with Phoenix and Tortoiseshell Glaze

1100-1300

Artist/maker unknown, Chinese

The Jizhou kilns are known for producing the most technically creative types of decoration during the twelfth to thirteenth centuries. To achieve the interior phoenix design of this teabowl, the Jizhou potters employed an innovative technique of paper-cut stencils, which they fixed to the interior before applying glaze.

Gallery 334, Asian Art, third floor

Object Details

Title:

Teabowl with Phoenix and Tortoiseshell Glaze

Date:

1100-1300

Artist:

Artist/maker unknown, Chinese

Medium:

Glazed stoneware with paper-cut decoration on interior and tortoise-shell glaze on exterior (Jizhou ware)

Dimensions:

Diameter: 4 3/4 inches (12.1 cm)

Classification:

Containers

Credit Line:

Purchased with the East Asian Art Revolving Fund, 2013

Accession Number:

2013-23-1

Geography:

Made in Jiangxi Province, China, Asia

Context:

Dynasty: Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279)

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Gallery 334, Asian Art, third floor

Main Building

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