Perfect Form, Perfectly Spare Chinese Stoneware Ear Cup, c. 600 AD secretary there is a bit of

there is a bit of regulating to the brown glaze around the lip and some crazing to the cream glaze

One does see a fair number of cabinet cards and stereoviews of funerary flower arrangements

I have not amped up the color on this guy

adding another dimension

Perfect Form, Perfectly Spare Chinese Stoneware Ear Cup, c. 600 AD secretary there is a bit ofTo my eye the most perfectly minimal, perfectly proportioned shallow vessel, just what it needs to be and not a thing more, this is a very old Chinese "ear cup", c 600 AD, which I purchased from a collector, dealer and friend in Maine. Chinese ear cups, or 'erbei' in Chinese, are an ancient form, functional as vessels for drinking, but more broadly embodying Chinese philosophy, aesthetics, and social customs and exquisite craftsmanship. And indeed,