Tea Bowl with Hare’s-Fur Decoration

China

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 205

The brown and black hues of tea bowls such as this were considered among the best colors for enhancing the chartreuse color of tea that had been whisked into white foam. Wares produced at the Jian kilns in Fujian Province were used exclusively for the drinking of tea.

Tea Bowl with Hare’s-Fur Decoration, Stoneware with copper-oxide glaze (Jian ware), China

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Tea Bowl with Hare’s-Fur Decoration, Stoneware with copper-oxide glaze (Jian ware), China
Tea Bowl with Hare’s-Fur Decoration, Stoneware with copper-oxide glaze (Jian ware), China
Tea Bowl with Hare’s-Fur Decoration, Stoneware with copper-oxide glaze (Jian ware), China
Tea Bowl with Hare’s-Fur Decoration, Stoneware with copper-oxide glaze (Jian ware), China

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