Object name: Jar and lid / Collection place: Guangzhou, Guangdong province, Southern China - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Jar and lid, accession number 9-13440a,b, described as Night lamp with cover; ceramic. Lamp (a) has small wick holder bowl on tall narrow cylinder pedestal which flares at bottom to wide tripod base with short vertical inner lip (for cover). Very short square feet attached to flat bottom. Cover (b) is a wide cylinder with flat top with small knob attached. 1.3 cm hole drilled through top near side; small 'coin' design pierced through side beneath hole on top. (b) fits over lip of (a) to rest on flat rim. Glossy green glaze on wick holder and pedestal of (a) and top and side of (b). Rim and bottom of (a) and interior of (b) not glazed. Many pin-holes in surface of glaze. H (a) 8.3cm; max Dia. 11.2 cm; H (b) 10.8cm, Dia. 10.8cm Ceramic, fine grain buff clay, wheel thrown. Green glaze Night lamp, cover, wick holder. Cylindrical cover with knob fits over base having mushroom-like burner and three small feet. Mended.