Jianyang

The historic kilns around Shuiji made vessels whose forms and glazes answered the needs of tea drinking. Surviving museum objects and contemporary craft offer different ways into that local history.

Jianyang

A dark glazed tea bowl viewed from above, showing fine streaks in the interior glaze.

Jianyang’s Jian Ware: A Dark Bowl Made for Looking at Tea

Hare’s-fur glaze, a dark exposed foot and a wide mouth connect Jianyang’s tea bowls to Song drinking practices and a continuing craft.

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Jian-ware tea bowl, China, 11th–12th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 29.100.226.The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0-1.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Original aspect ratio retained. Display copies resized only when needed; no enlargement, crop or retouching.