Tea Bowl with Crescent Moon, Clouds, and Blossoming Plum, Southern Song (1127–1279)–Yuan (1271–1368) dynasty, 13th–14th century, China, Stoneware with black and brown glaze and pigment (Jizhou ware), Diam. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm), Ceramics, A common theme in the decorative arts, this imagery may have been inspired by contemporaneous poems invoking the beauty of blossoming flowers in the subtle light of a crescent moon.
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Tea Bowl, Crescent Moon, Clouds, Blossoming Plum, Southern Song, 1127–1279, –Yuan, 1271–1368, dynasty, 13th–14th century, China, Stoneware, black, brown glaze, pigment, Jizhou ware, Diam, 4 3/4, 12.1 cm, Ceramics, common, theme, decorative arts, imagery, inspired, contemporaneous poems, invoking, beauty, blossoming flowers, subtle light, crescent moon
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