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11th–12th century · Stoneware with iron-oxide glaze (Jian ware) · Asian Art

Famed throughout China, Jian wares were also exported to Japan, often by Buddhist monks who had visited monasteries in the nearby center at Mount Tianmu. As a result, ceramics with this type of decoration are known in Japan as tenmoku, after the Japanese reading of the name of the mountain. Tenmoku glazes continue to play an important role in Western pottery today.

Artist

Unknown

Date

11th–12th century

Medium

Stoneware with iron-oxide glaze (Jian ware)

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929