Minneapolis Institute of Art

Tea Bowl and Stand

China

Date

10th-11th century

Medium

Yaozhou ware Stoneware with persimmon glaze

Department

Asian Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

This shallow, conical bowl has an elegantly curled rim and a rich rust-colored glaze that thins to reveal a subtle brown underglaze. Best known during Northern Song for their celadon-glazed stoneware, the Yaozhou kilns in Shanxi province also produced black and russet-glazed vessels like this one. These so-called persimmon glazed wares were fired at temperatures slightly higher than the celadons resulting in pieces that are hard and resonant. A vessel like this demonstrates that while famous for its celadon, the Yaozhou kilns also tried to capture some of the developing Song market in brown ware. China, Asia

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