Ceramic

Museum number:
9-12739
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012739
Alternate number:
3284 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
China, Fukien province, Te-hua attributed. Libation cup, porcelain, 'blanc-de-Chine'. Rhinoceros horn derived shape. Cylinder base and pedestal, to flared out oblong, vertically ribbed sides. Molded high relief decoration: dragon chasing flaming pearl, two dogs, prunus blossoms, and pine and crane. Scalloped flange-handles. Paste is translucent; figures indistinct. Surface of glaze scratched. Matched with 9-12738. Height 6 centimeters, maximum diameter 10.3 centimeters.
Donor:
Anita Day Symmes Blake, Anson Stiles Blake, and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Fujian province, Southern China
Verbatim coll. place:
China, Fukien province, Te-hua att.
Collector:
Anson Stiles Blake
Collection date:
pre-1962
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Ceramic, accession number 9-12739, described as China, Fukien province, Te-hua attributed. Libation cup, porcelain, 'blanc-de-Chine'. Rhinoceros horn derived shape. Cylinder base and pedestal, to flared out oblong, vertically ribbed sides. Molded high relief decoration: dragon chasing flaming pearl, two dogs, prunus blossoms, and pine and crane. Scalloped flange-handles. Paste is translucent; figures indistinct. Surface of glaze scratched. Matched with 9-12738. Height 6 centimeters, maximum diameter 10.3 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Ceramic, accession number 9-12739, described as China, Fukien province, Te-hua attributed. Libation cup, porcelain, 'blanc-de-Chine'. Rhinoceros horn derived shape. Cylinder base and pedestal, to flared out oblong, vertically ribbed sides. Molded high relief decoration: dragon chasing flaming pearl, two dogs, prunus blossoms, and pine and crane. Scalloped flange-handles. Paste is translucent; figures indistinct. Surface of glaze scratched. Matched with 9-12738. Height 6 centimeters, maximum diameter 10.3 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Ceramic, accession number 9-12739, described as China, Fukien province, Te-hua attributed. Libation cup, porcelain, 'blanc-de-Chine'. Rhinoceros horn derived shape. Cylinder base and pedestal, to flared out oblong, vertically ribbed sides. Molded high relief decoration: dragon chasing flaming pearl, two dogs, prunus blossoms, and pine and crane. Scalloped flange-handles. Paste is translucent; figures indistinct. Surface of glaze scratched. Matched with 9-12738. Height 6 centimeters, maximum diameter 10.3 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Ceramic, accession number 9-12739, described as China, Fukien province, Te-hua attributed. Libation cup, porcelain, 'blanc-de-Chine'. Rhinoceros horn derived shape. Cylinder base and pedestal, to flared out oblong, vertically ribbed sides. Molded high relief decoration: dragon chasing flaming pearl, two dogs, prunus blossoms, and pine and crane. Scalloped flange-handles. Paste is translucent; figures indistinct. Surface of glaze scratched. Matched with 9-12738. Height 6 centimeters, maximum diameter 10.3 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ceramic, accession number 9-12739, described as China, Fukien province, Te-hua attributed. Libation cup, porcelain, 'blanc-de-Chine'. Rhinoceros horn derived shape. Cylinder base and pedestal, to flared out oblong, vertically ribbed sides. Molded high relief decoration: dragon chasing flaming pearl, two dogs, prunus blossoms, and pine and crane. Scalloped flange-handles. Paste is translucent; figures indistinct. Surface of glaze scratched. Matched with 9-12738. Height 6 centimeters, maximum diameter 10.3 centimeters.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ceramic, accession number 9-12739, described as China, Fukien province, Te-hua attributed. Libation cup, porcelain, 'blanc-de-Chine'. Rhinoceros horn derived shape. Cylinder base and pedestal, to flared out oblong, vertically ribbed sides. Molded high relief decoration: dragon chasing flaming pearl, two dogs, prunus blossoms, and pine and crane. Scalloped flange-handles. Paste is translucent; figures indistinct. Surface of glaze scratched. Matched with 9-12738. Height 6 centimeters, maximum diameter 10.3 centimeters.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ceramic, accession number 9-12739, described as China, Fukien province, Te-hua attributed. Libation cup, porcelain, 'blanc-de-Chine'. Rhinoceros horn derived shape. Cylinder base and pedestal, to flared out oblong, vertically ribbed sides. Molded high relief decoration: dragon chasing flaming pearl, two dogs, prunus blossoms, and pine and crane. Scalloped flange-handles. Paste is translucent; figures indistinct. Surface of glaze scratched. Matched with 9-12738. Height 6 centimeters, maximum diameter 10.3 centimeters.

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