Jar w/ cover

Museum number:
9-5877a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21095877a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
jar w/ cover, natural dark brown glaze on red body (Bizen ware); (a) jar: seven Yin-Yang in relief on shoulder ('Tomow' pattern); rings in relief; h. jar 13.2 cm., outside of mouth 11.3 cm.; (b) cover w/ applied loop handle; diam. 10.2 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan att., prob. Honshu, Okayama Prefecture, "Bizen ware
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Ceramic (material) and Glaze (coating by location)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jars
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1909
Context of use:
probably tea ceremony covered water jar ('mizusashi') for cold water for filling kettle
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
lid— diameter 10.2 centimeters and jar— height 13.2 centimeters
Loans:
S1993-1994 #6: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (September 13, 1993–February 4, 1994)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Jar w/ cover, accession number 9-5877a,b, described as jar w/ cover, natural dark brown glaze on red body (Bizen ware); (a) jar: seven Yin-Yang in relief on shoulder ('Tomow' pattern); rings in relief; h. jar 13.2 cm., outside of mouth 11.3 cm.; (b) cover w/ applied loop handle; diam. 10.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Jar w/ cover, accession number 9-5877a,b, described as jar w/ cover, natural dark brown glaze on red body (Bizen ware); (a) jar: seven Yin-Yang in relief on shoulder ('Tomow' pattern); rings in relief; h. jar 13.2 cm., outside of mouth 11.3 cm.; (b) cover w/ applied loop handle; diam. 10.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Jar w/ cover, accession number 9-5877a,b, described as jar w/ cover, natural dark brown glaze on red body (Bizen ware); (a) jar: seven Yin-Yang in relief on shoulder ('Tomow' pattern); rings in relief; h. jar 13.2 cm., outside of mouth 11.3 cm.; (b) cover w/ applied loop handle; diam. 10.2 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar w/ cover, accession number 9-5877a,b, described as jar w/ cover, natural dark brown glaze on red body (Bizen ware); (a) jar: seven Yin-Yang in relief on shoulder ('Tomow' pattern); rings in relief; h. jar 13.2 cm., outside of mouth 11.3 cm.; (b) cover w/ applied loop handle; diam. 10.2 cm.

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