Cup

Museum number:
9-20383a
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4291
Description:
Tea set, ceramic, earthenware; a-e) cups (5), light grey, crackled glaze; round; brown rim and quickly brushed flowers; embossed seal on bottom; f) teapot; round body, short spout, twig handle; floral design; g) recessed lid; h) box, wood; pegged corners, signed; i) lid; twig handle broken, repaired by owner with copper wire. flowers on tea cups represent Four Seasons. Date: circa 1930’s. A gift to donor’s mother.
Donor:
Yoshiko Uchida
Collection place:
Japan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cups (drinking vessels) and Earthenware
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
December 16, 1987
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 9-20383a, described as Tea set, ceramic, earthenware; a-e) cups (5), light grey, crackled glaze; round; brown rim and quickly brushed flowers; embossed seal on bottom; f) teapot; round body, short spout, twig handle; floral design; g) recessed lid; h) box, wood; pegged corners, signed; i) lid; twig handle broken, repaired by owner with copper wire. flowers on tea cups represent Four Seasons. Date: circa 1930’s. A gift to donor’s mother.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cup, accession number 9-20383a, described as Tea set, ceramic, earthenware; a-e) cups (5), light grey, crackled glaze; round; brown rim and quickly brushed flowers; embossed seal on bottom; f) teapot; round body, short spout, twig handle; floral design; g) recessed lid; h) box, wood; pegged corners, signed; i) lid; twig handle broken, repaired by owner with copper wire. flowers on tea cups represent Four Seasons. Date: circa 1930’s. A gift to donor’s mother.

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