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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Nationality: Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese Creator Name-CRT: Chinese Title: Tea Bowl View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1100 Creation End Date: 1299 Creation Date: Southern Song period, 12th-13th century Creation Place: China, Fujian Province Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects Classification Term: Ceramics Materials and Techniques: Stoneware with glaze with iron 'hare's fur' and painted with overglaze iron-brown slip, the rim bound with silver (Jian ware) Dimensions: H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); D. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm) AMICA Contributor: Asia Society Owner Location: New York, New York, USA ID Number: 1979.145 Credit Line: Asia Society: The Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection Rights: http://www.asiasociety.org Context: Ceramics made in China during the Song period (960-1279) are among the most influential and revered in the world: they are noted for their elegant, simple shapes, lush glazes, and lively designs. These ceramics are admired in part because of the complicated and varied technologies used in their manufacture. Song ceramics are categorized into wares that often take the names of their areas of production. Jian wares, such as the small tea bowl seen here, were produced in Fujian Province and used throughout China at all levels of society. The "hare's fur" glaze effect on this bowl was created when excess iron in the glaze rose to the surface during firing. This particular tea bowl is unusual because plum blossoms have been painted over the glaze in a brown slip. This extra level of decoration is uncommon in Jian ware and suggests that the bowl was produced for an important patron. The enormous popularity of Jian ware during the Song period may reflect the importance of tea drinking at this time. Tea drinking had become popular during the Tang dynasty (618-906) and continued to be throughout the Song period. Both the author of the 11th-century Notes on Tea (Cha Lu) and the 12th-century ruler Huizong (r. 1101-1125) are known to have preferred black tea bowls over white or green ones because they better displayed the white color of whisked tea. This type of tea, made from powder rather than leaves, was popular in Song China, and its use spread to Japan, where it was incorporated into the tea ceremony. Related Document Description: Asia Society. Handbook of the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection. New York: Asia Society, [1981], p. 67. Related Document Description: Lee, Sherman E. Asian Art: Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd--Part II. New York: Asia Society, 1975, pp. 46, 96. Related Document Description: Mowry, Robert D. 'The Sophistication of Song Dynasty Ceramics.' Apollo (November 1983), pp. 401-02. AMICA ID: ASIA.1979.145 AMICA Library Year: 1998 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, Asia Society AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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