Wine cup

Museum number:
1-246703
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3605
Description:
Chinese porcelain. Wine cup. Celadon glazed. This is one element of a set of forms, including bowls, plates, and cups, which occur in this glaze. Probably from South China. This type is a very common element of overseas Chinese occupation sites and, like most of the older types, is still made. The hand-painted under-glaze mark is for the sun.
Donor:
City and County of San Francisco, Waste Water Management Program
Collection place:
Site N-5 (North Shore Pump Station), San Francisco Waterfront, San Francisco
Verbatim coll. place:
San Francisco, CA
Collector:
Archeo-Tec
Collection date:
June 1977 - September 1980
Materials:
Celadon (glaze) (porcelain, celadon glazed, handpainted) and Porcelain (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Porcelain (visual works) and Wine cups
Department:
Nonnative California (archaeology and ethnology)
Loans:
S2018-2019 #4: Bundeskunsthalle (August 27, 2019–January 16, 2020)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Wine cup, accession number 1-246703, described as Chinese porcelain. Wine cup. Celadon glazed. This is one element of a set of forms, including bowls, plates, and cups, which occur in this glaze. Probably from South China. This type is a very common element of overseas Chinese occupation sites and, like most of the older types, is still made. The hand-painted under-glaze mark is for the sun.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Wine cup, accession number 1-246703, described as Chinese porcelain. Wine cup. Celadon glazed. This is one element of a set of forms, including bowls, plates, and cups, which occur in this glaze. Probably from South China. This type is a very common element of overseas Chinese occupation sites and, like most of the older types, is still made. The hand-painted under-glaze mark is for the sun.

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