Cup

Museum number:
9-20397
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090020397
Alternate number:
16 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4291
Description:
tea cup, ceramic, earthenware; cylindrical, with foot; gray glaze with two rows of dark red brush strokes encircling body; H. 7.7 cm x rim dia 7.8 cm.
Donor:
Yoshiko Uchida
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
(Japan) See Use Context: Shoji Hamada
Collector:
Yoshiko Uchida
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cups (drinking vessels) and Earthenware
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
December 16, 1987
Context of use:
S. Hamada is a National Treasure in Japan. Cup made by Hamada at San Jose University while visiting in 1966.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
diameter 7.8 centimeters and height 7.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 9-20397, described as tea cup, ceramic, earthenware; cylindrical, with foot; gray glaze with two rows of dark red brush strokes encircling body; H. 7.7 cm x rim dia 7.8 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 9-20397, described as tea cup, ceramic, earthenware; cylindrical, with foot; gray glaze with two rows of dark red brush strokes encircling body; H. 7.7 cm x rim dia 7.8 cm.

Tools