Tea Bowl: Jian ware

A conical tea bowl with a flared rim and a narrow foot ring, its brown glaze pooling darker at the rim and breaking into fine dark streaks that run downward over an amber lower body. Two small raised lumps interrupt the wall, and the bowl is shown in side profile against a dark studio backdrop.

Look closer: Two small raised lumps or drips on the wall, one at the left and one at the right, look like kiln accretions.

Artist

Unknown

Date

960–1279

Medium

stoneware

Source

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Size

3400 × 2448 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Collection