VesselsChinese12th-13th century

Tea Bowl with Indented Lip and Decoration of a Plum Blossom, Two Butterflies, and Two Phoenixes in Flight

12th-13th century

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Jizhou ware: light gray stoneware with tortoiseshell glaze on the exterior, and with papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the interior. From the kilns at Yonghe, Ji'an, Jiangxi province.

Culture

Chinese

Period

Song dynasty, 960-1279

Century

12th-13th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

5.9 x 11.8 cm (2 5/16 x 4 5/8 in.)

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11th-12th centuryChinese