Flower pots

Museum number:
9-13410a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210913410a@2cb
Alternate number:
3824 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
flower pots, pair, porcelain; square, nesting, rectangular sides; four short corner feet. one panel on each side w/ underglaze blue floral brushwork on white reserve ground: bamboo, prunus blossoms, grass, and chrysanthemums. panels surrounded by pale green celadon on lower half and ochre-brown on top half. interior and bottom not glazed and discolored. (a) larger, and warped out of square. (b) nest inside of (a) and tapers slightly to narrower base. both have drain holes in base. H. (a) 10.5 cm., W. 7.9 cm. H. (b) 8.1 cm., W. 5.9 cm.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Collection date:
before 1933
Materials:
Celadon (glaze) and Porcelain (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Porcelain (visual works)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
flower pots
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
a— height 10.5 centimeters, b— height 8.1 centimeters, b— width 5.9 centimeters, and a— width 7.9 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 8 titled Flower pots, accession number 9-13410a,b, described as flower pots, pair, porcelain; square, nesting, rectangular sides; four short corner feet. one panel on each side w/ underglaze blue floral brushwork on white reserve ground: bamboo, prunus blossoms, grass, and chrysanthemums. panels surrounded by pale green celadon on lower half and ochre-brown on top half. interior and bottom not glazed and discolored. (a) larger, and warped out of square. (b) nest inside of (a) and tapers slightly to narrower base. both have drain holes in base. H. (a) 10.5 cm., W. 7.9 cm. H. (b) 8.1 cm., W. 5.9 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 8 titled Flower pots, accession number 9-13410a,b, described as flower pots, pair, porcelain; square, nesting, rectangular sides; four short corner feet. one panel on each side w/ underglaze blue floral brushwork on white reserve ground: bamboo, prunus blossoms, grass, and chrysanthemums. panels surrounded by pale green celadon on lower half and ochre-brown on top half. interior and bottom not glazed and discolored. (a) larger, and warped out of square. (b) nest inside of (a) and tapers slightly to narrower base. both have drain holes in base. H. (a) 10.5 cm., W. 7.9 cm. H. (b) 8.1 cm., W. 5.9 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 8 titled Flower pots, accession number 9-13410a,b, described as flower pots, pair, porcelain; square, nesting, rectangular sides; four short corner feet. one panel on each side w/ underglaze blue floral brushwork on white reserve ground: bamboo, prunus blossoms, grass, and chrysanthemums. panels surrounded by pale green celadon on lower half and ochre-brown on top half. interior and bottom not glazed and discolored. (a) larger, and warped out of square. (b) nest inside of (a) and tapers slightly to narrower base. both have drain holes in base. H. (a) 10.5 cm., W. 7.9 cm. H. (b) 8.1 cm., W. 5.9 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 8 titled Flower pots, accession number 9-13410a,b, described as flower pots, pair, porcelain; square, nesting, rectangular sides; four short corner feet. one panel on each side w/ underglaze blue floral brushwork on white reserve ground: bamboo, prunus blossoms, grass, and chrysanthemums. panels surrounded by pale green celadon on lower half and ochre-brown on top half. interior and bottom not glazed and discolored. (a) larger, and warped out of square. (b) nest inside of (a) and tapers slightly to narrower base. both have drain holes in base. H. (a) 10.5 cm., W. 7.9 cm. H. (b) 8.1 cm., W. 5.9 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 8 titled Flower pots, accession number 9-13410a,b, described as flower pots, pair, porcelain; square, nesting, rectangular sides; four short corner feet. one panel on each side w/ underglaze blue floral brushwork on white reserve ground: bamboo, prunus blossoms, grass, and chrysanthemums. panels surrounded by pale green celadon on lower half and ochre-brown on top half. interior and bottom not glazed and discolored. (a) larger, and warped out of square. (b) nest inside of (a) and tapers slightly to narrower base. both have drain holes in base. H. (a) 10.5 cm., W. 7.9 cm. H. (b) 8.1 cm., W. 5.9 cm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 8 titled Flower pots, accession number 9-13410a,b, described as flower pots, pair, porcelain; square, nesting, rectangular sides; four short corner feet. one panel on each side w/ underglaze blue floral brushwork on white reserve ground: bamboo, prunus blossoms, grass, and chrysanthemums. panels surrounded by pale green celadon on lower half and ochre-brown on top half. interior and bottom not glazed and discolored. (a) larger, and warped out of square. (b) nest inside of (a) and tapers slightly to narrower base. both have drain holes in base. H. (a) 10.5 cm., W. 7.9 cm. H. (b) 8.1 cm., W. 5.9 cm.Hearst Museum object 7 of 8 titled Flower pots, accession number 9-13410a,b, described as flower pots, pair, porcelain; square, nesting, rectangular sides; four short corner feet. one panel on each side w/ underglaze blue floral brushwork on white reserve ground: bamboo, prunus blossoms, grass, and chrysanthemums. panels surrounded by pale green celadon on lower half and ochre-brown on top half. interior and bottom not glazed and discolored. (a) larger, and warped out of square. (b) nest inside of (a) and tapers slightly to narrower base. both have drain holes in base. H. (a) 10.5 cm., W. 7.9 cm. H. (b) 8.1 cm., W. 5.9 cm.Hearst Museum object 8 of 8 titled Flower pots, accession number 9-13410a,b, described as flower pots, pair, porcelain; square, nesting, rectangular sides; four short corner feet. one panel on each side w/ underglaze blue floral brushwork on white reserve ground: bamboo, prunus blossoms, grass, and chrysanthemums. panels surrounded by pale green celadon on lower half and ochre-brown on top half. interior and bottom not glazed and discolored. (a) larger, and warped out of square. (b) nest inside of (a) and tapers slightly to narrower base. both have drain holes in base. H. (a) 10.5 cm., W. 7.9 cm. H. (b) 8.1 cm., W. 5.9 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flower pots, accession number 9-13410a,b, described as flower pots, pair, porcelain; square, nesting, rectangular sides; four short corner feet. one panel on each side w/ underglaze blue floral brushwork on white reserve ground: bamboo, prunus blossoms, grass, and chrysanthemums. panels surrounded by pale green celadon on lower half and ochre-brown on top half. interior and bottom not glazed and discolored. (a) larger, and warped out of square. (b) nest inside of (a) and tapers slightly to narrower base. both have drain holes in base. H. (a) 10.5 cm., W. 7.9 cm. H. (b) 8.1 cm., W. 5.9 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flower pots, accession number 9-13410a,b, described as flower pots, pair, porcelain; square, nesting, rectangular sides; four short corner feet. one panel on each side w/ underglaze blue floral brushwork on white reserve ground: bamboo, prunus blossoms, grass, and chrysanthemums. panels surrounded by pale green celadon on lower half and ochre-brown on top half. interior and bottom not glazed and discolored. (a) larger, and warped out of square. (b) nest inside of (a) and tapers slightly to narrower base. both have drain holes in base. H. (a) 10.5 cm., W. 7.9 cm. H. (b) 8.1 cm., W. 5.9 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Flower pots, accession number 9-13410a,b, described as flower pots, pair, porcelain; square, nesting, rectangular sides; four short corner feet. one panel on each side w/ underglaze blue floral brushwork on white reserve ground: bamboo, prunus blossoms, grass, and chrysanthemums. panels surrounded by pale green celadon on lower half and ochre-brown on top half. interior and bottom not glazed and discolored. (a) larger, and warped out of square. (b) nest inside of (a) and tapers slightly to narrower base. both have drain holes in base. H. (a) 10.5 cm., W. 7.9 cm. H. (b) 8.1 cm., W. 5.9 cm.

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