Tea Bowl of Baika Temmoku Type |
Jizhou ware, with mottled glaze pattern resembling plum blossom (baika) Chinese,Song dynasty, 13th century Gift of Ii Family |
The design of dark plum blossom patterns on a caramel-colored ground was created by distributing paper cut-outs of plum blossom motifs over a coat of dark glaze, which was then covered with ash glaze and fired.