Teabowl with three panels with characters

anonymous, c. 960 - c. 1279

Jizhou-ware tea bowls. China, Song period (960 - 1279). Glazed stoneware, Jizhou ware. The decoration on the inside of these bowls was applied by placing pieces of paper on the wet glaze. When fired, the paper burned away, leaving a dark pattern on the clay. These decorations (calligraphic characters, or birds, such as the phoenix) signify good luck, wealth and prosperity. Westendorp bequest.

  • Artwork typebowl, tea bowl
  • Object numberAK-MAK-104
  • Dimensionsheight 5.6 cm, diameter 11.4 cm
  • Physical characteristicssteengoed met een bruin glazuur met crèmekleurige vlekken

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Teabowl with three panels with characters

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-104

  • Description

    Theekom van steengoed, gedeeltelijk bedekt met een bruin glazuur met aan de buitenzijde crèmekleurige vlekken (tortoiseshell). Op de binnenwand drie uitgespaarde cartouches met in elk vier Chinese karakters. Jizhou.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    inscription

Creation

  • Creation

    potter: anonymous, China

  • Dating

    c. 960 - c. 1279

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    steengoed met een bruin glazuur met crèmekleurige vlekken

  • Dimensions

    • height 5.6 cm
    • diameter 11.4 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Westendorp-Osieck bequest, 1968)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection of Herman Karel Westendorp (1868-1941), Amsterdam, 1941;{Note RMA.} his widow Betsy Westendorp-Osieck (1880-1968), Amsterdam, by whom bequeathed to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1968;{note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1972

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  • Teabowl with three panels with characters
  • Teabowl with three panels with characters
  • Teabowl with three panels with characters