Tea Bowl with “Hare’s-Fur” Decoration
Not on view
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.
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