Teabowl with Tortoiseshell Glaze
A conical stoneware teabowl with a lustrous dark brown glaze broken by pale tan spots that resemble tortoiseshell. The bowl sits on a small unglazed foot, lit against a plain grey studio backdrop.
Look closer: The rim shows a thin reddish-brown edge where the glaze thins and breaks.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1100s–1200s
- Medium
- Brown-glazed stoneware with "tortoiseshell" pattern, Jizhou ware
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 3400 × 2381 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