A Sung Pottery Bowl

13th century

A SUNG POTTERY TEA BOWL (Chinese, 13th century) with a shallow stoneware body covered on the exterior and interior with mottled blue/grey glazes, on an elaborate nineteenth century carved teak stand (5" x 4"), Southern Sung Dynasty 960 - 1279. From the tenth through the thirteenth centuries, the demand for glazed tea bowls increased tremendously as Fujianese tea and tea drinking customs spread throughout Chinese society. The introduction of Fujianese tea to the Sung court brought with it a taste for the rich, lustrous, black-glazed stonewares from the Chien kilns; this ware was distinctive for its glaze effects. Located in a glass and wood case in the hall.

Chinese

Glazed pottery, teak

2" tall
7" in diameter

Bequest of Mrs. Gwendolen E. Rives.

PSNC.6322a-b