Tea Bowl: Jian Ware
A conical tea bowl with flared rim and short foot ring, covered in a dark brown glaze broken by fine, rust-edged streaks that run down the walls, the so-called hare's fur pattern. A glossy highlight sits on the interior. The bowl is shown alone against a plain grey ground.
Look closer: Small lighter rust-edged streaks of the glaze are visible near the base of the bowl where the glaze thins.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 960–1279
- Medium
- stoneware with "hare's fur" glaze
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 2849 × 2177 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1279).
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, John L. Severance Collection