Title
Tea bowl
Year/Period
Northern Song dynasty (960-1126)
Region
Yaozhou kilns, Tongchuan county, Shaanxi province, China
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: H4.0 x Dia10.0 cm
Accession No.
C-1402
Collection of
Credit Line
Purchased with funds from The Shaw Foundation
This tea bowl has deeply carved decoration covered in an olive-green celadon glaze that is typical of Yaozhou wares. Also known as Northern Celadons, these wares were produced in Shaanxi province for the domestic market and were the forerunners of the famous Longquan celadons from southeast China.Celadon is a French term taken from the character of a shepherd in a 17th century play, who wore a green costume.The term refers to green-glazed wares, where naturally occurring iron oxide reacts to the lack of oxygen during firing in the glaze by turning green.
