Black-Glazed Teabowl with Incised Characters (供御) for “Imperial Tribut
A conical teabowl with a flared rim and a short unglazed foot stands against a grey backdrop. Its dark, lustrous black glaze breaks to rusty brown at the rim, with faint silvery streaks running down the walls.
Look closer: The unglazed foot ring shows reddish iron-stained patches.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1100s–1200s
- Medium
- Brown-glazed stoneware, Jian ware
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 3400 × 2420 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1299).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift