Antique 8 outlets piece Ge Ware Matcha Tea Set

Antique 8 piece Ge Ware Matcha Tea Set

Check out the overwhelming beauty and outlets character of this charming set! Features a masterful crackle glaze on each piece. No cracks, but there are a few flea bites which may be from the firing process.

The set can easily be displayed or can store in the matcha bowl between uses. Bowl is approximately 7 inches in diameter.

Listing Includes:
1x Tea Pot
6x Tea Cups
1x Matcha bowl

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Guan ware was already celebrated in contemporary texts of the Southern Song period. It showcases Chinese potters' technical mastery and aesthetic vision. Like great artists and artisans anywhere, they captured – perhaps inadvertently – the zeitgeist of the period in their creations. The works of art they conceived embodied the leitmotifs of China's highly educated scholar-officials, the non-aristocratic ruling elite of the Song (960-1279). The unctuous glaze of the present washer with its smooth pleasing texture and subtle gloss was achieved through gradual application of multiple layers and presumably successive firings. The thick coating thus softly envelopes the elementary form to create an object that is pleasing to touch. The distinct web of veins of the large-scale crackle was caused by different degrees of shrinkage between the glaze and body material, achieved through a well-controlled cooling process after the last firing and subsequent staining. The lines move through the glaze in a naturalistic manner, giving the whole piece the illusion of being carved out of a pebble of jade.