Tea Bowl, 12th-13th century, 2 1/4 x 4 3/8 in. ( x cm), Chi-chou ware Buff colored stoneware with brown glaze on the exterior and papercut decoration reserved in dark brown glaze against a variegated buff ground on the inside, China, 12th-13th century, The decorative scheme seen on this bowl is called feng mei wen (phoenix-and-plum design). The design elements were created with papercut stencils at the Qizhou kilns in Jiangxi province, which were apparently the only kilns in traditional China that used cut-paper stencils to impart resist designs.

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