Tea Bowl

Item number 2897/4 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Small lacquer tea bowl with green, light orange and brown designs on an orange-red background. Interior of bowl is solid orange-red. On top and bottom of central design there is a border featuring lines of alternating orange-red and brown stripes around green triangles, on a brown background. The central design is set against a background with small green fish scale shapes and large animals and beings. One of these figures is a peacock with a bowed head depicted in orange-red, light orange and brown. Also depicted in orange-red, light orange and brown is a leopard or some other type of cat with spots on its body. Another figure has a human-like torso and peacock-like lower portion of body. One of this figure’s arms is raised menacingly. This hybrid figure is followed by a different hybrid. It has a human-like torso and deer-like legs. The human-deer wears a sash around its waist. Its arms are also raised. Interspersed throughout these large figures are smaller figures possibly representing birds or flora. On the bottom of the bowl is a small foot with a brown interior. The remaining surface of the bottom is solid orange-red.