oil plate (lantern saucer), ceramic. flat, w/ rim. bold floral motif brushed on in dark and light brown underglaze, on creamy-white ground that has turned dark w/ dirt and oil around the outer edge, and bottom. two large cracks; slight chips in rim. Dia. 19 cm.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and George H. Kerr
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan, Aichi Prefecture (Owari), Seto; att. late 18th-19th c.
Collector:
George H. Kerr
Collection date:
before 1957
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Earthenware
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
placed under oil lantern to catch drippings
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
diameter 19 centimeters
Comment:
design similar to 9-12279
Loans:
S1976-1977 #62: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (April 4, 1977–July 20, 1977)