Container

Museum number:
9-14599
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090014599
Alternate number:
3120 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
container, metal with cloisonné decoration: Small barrel-shaped, with wide middle, narrow mouth and flat bottom. Six circular medallions with green, red, yellow and violet floral designs on black. Deep blue ground with crackle pattern. Prunus blossom pairs between each black medallion. Black scalloped red circle pattern border at rim and base. Flat bottom. Mottled turquoise enamel interior Small chip in side, interior button and side badly damaged, chips missing; stained. Height 8.3 centimeters, diameter 8 centimeters.
Donor:
Anita Day Symmes Blake, Anson Stiles Blake, and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Anson Stiles Blake
Collection date:
Pre- 1962
Materials:
Copper (metal) and Enamel (fused coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Containers (receptacles)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Container, accession number 9-14599, described as container, metal with cloisonné decoration: Small barrel-shaped, with wide middle, narrow mouth and flat bottom. Six circular medallions with green, red, yellow and violet floral designs on black. Deep blue ground with crackle pattern. Prunus blossom pairs between each black medallion. Black scalloped red circle pattern border at rim and base. Flat bottom. Mottled turquoise enamel interior Small chip in side, interior button and side badly damaged, chips missing; stained. Height 8.3 centimeters, diameter 8 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Container, accession number 9-14599, described as container, metal with cloisonné decoration: Small barrel-shaped, with wide middle, narrow mouth and flat bottom. Six circular medallions with green, red, yellow and violet floral designs on black. Deep blue ground with crackle pattern. Prunus blossom pairs between each black medallion. Black scalloped red circle pattern border at rim and base. Flat bottom. Mottled turquoise enamel interior Small chip in side, interior button and side badly damaged, chips missing; stained. Height 8.3 centimeters, diameter 8 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 9-14599, described as container, metal with cloisonné decoration: Small barrel-shaped, with wide middle, narrow mouth and flat bottom. Six circular medallions with green, red, yellow and violet floral designs on black. Deep blue ground with crackle pattern. Prunus blossom pairs between each black medallion. Black scalloped red circle pattern border at rim and base. Flat bottom. Mottled turquoise enamel interior Small chip in side, interior button and side badly damaged, chips missing; stained. Height 8.3 centimeters, diameter 8 centimeters.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 9-14599, described as container, metal with cloisonné decoration: Small barrel-shaped, with wide middle, narrow mouth and flat bottom. Six circular medallions with green, red, yellow and violet floral designs on black. Deep blue ground with crackle pattern. Prunus blossom pairs between each black medallion. Black scalloped red circle pattern border at rim and base. Flat bottom. Mottled turquoise enamel interior Small chip in side, interior button and side badly damaged, chips missing; stained. Height 8.3 centimeters, diameter 8 centimeters.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 9-14599, described as container, metal with cloisonné decoration: Small barrel-shaped, with wide middle, narrow mouth and flat bottom. Six circular medallions with green, red, yellow and violet floral designs on black. Deep blue ground with crackle pattern. Prunus blossom pairs between each black medallion. Black scalloped red circle pattern border at rim and base. Flat bottom. Mottled turquoise enamel interior Small chip in side, interior button and side badly damaged, chips missing; stained. Height 8.3 centimeters, diameter 8 centimeters.

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