Bowl with a brown glaze

anonymous, c. 960 - c. 1279

Bowl China Song period (960-1279) Glazed porcelain, Ding ware This is a rare example of the better-known white Ding ware. First the white bowl was glazed blackish-brown, followed by a thin rust-brown glaze. Brown tea bowls became popular in the Song period. The white foam of the whisked tea contrasted nicely with the brown bowl. Maartje Draak bequest

  • Artwork typebowl
  • Object numberAK-MAK-1479
  • Dimensionsheight 3.9 cm, diameter 11.3 cm, diameter 3.4 cm
  • Physical characteristicssteengoed met een bruin glazuur

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Bowl with a brown glaze

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-1479

  • Description

    Kom van steengoed met zesmaal gelobde wand, bedekt met een bruin glazuur. Twee chips in de rand; bakzand aan de voetring. Ding.

Creation

  • Creation

    potter: anonymous, China

  • Dating

    c. 960 - c. 1279

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    steengoed met een bruin glazuur

  • Dimensions

    • height 3.9 cm
    • diameter 11.3 cm
    • diameter 3.4 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (Maartje Draak bequest, 1996)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; bequeathed by Prof. Dr Amalia Maartje Elisabeth Draak (1907-1995), Amsterdam, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1995;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1996

Documentation

  • Pauline Lunsingh Scheurleer e.a., 'Maartje Draak en de Aziatische Kunst', Aziatische Kunst 27/4 (1997), pp. 6-72 (afb. 23).

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