Dimensions: Width: 12.8cm, Height: 7.2cm.

Chinese Song Dynasty Jianyao Porcelain Bowl. The porcelain potted in a shallow, slight deep, round close mouth rim, raised on ring foot base. Jian Yao Kiln is a type of Chinese pottery originally made in Jianyang, Fujian province. The ware are simple shapes with a strong emphasis on subtle effects in the glazes. In the Song dynasty they achieved a high prestige, especially among Buddhist monks and in relation to tea-drinking. Though the ceramic body is light-coloured, the wares, generally small cups for tea, bowls and vases, normally are glazed in dark colours, with special effects such as the hare's fur , oil-spot and partridge feather patterns caused randomly as excess iron in the glaze is forced out during firing.The underside unglazed, revealed the pale-creme ground revealed and dark greyish brown spotted firing marks and edge-cut foot rim.