shallow, conical bowl with curved rim and knife cut foot; rust colored glaze with dark brown underglaze

Tea Bowl and Stand, 10th-11th century

Unknown artist, expand_more

This shallow, conical bowl has an elegantly curled rim and a rich rust-colored glaze that thins to reveal a subtle brown underglaze. Best known during Northern Song for their celadon-glazed stoneware, the Yaozhou kilns in Shanxi province also produced black and russet-glazed vessels like this one. These so-called persimmon glazed wares were fired at temperatures slightly higher than the celadons resulting in pieces that are hard and resonant.

A vessel like this demonstrates that while famous for its celadon, the Yaozhou kilns also tried to capture some of the developing Song market in brown ware.

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Title
Tea Bowl and Stand
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Artist
Accession Number
2000.39.2
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shallow, conical bowl with curved rim and knife cut foot; rust colored glaze with dark brown underglaze