Perfect Form, Perfectly Spare Chinese Stoneware Ear Cup, c. 600 AD secretary is the first I've found

is the first I've found with a series of misspellings though--most poignantly in the repetition of "To learn to write is important

the delicacy of the painting on this little one

sacrificed to the goddess

on Valentine's Day of 1908

Perfect Form, Perfectly Spare Chinese Stoneware Ear Cup, c. 600 AD secretary is the first I've foundTo 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,