Teacups with lids in case

Museum number:
9-9493a-aa
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21099493a@2daa
Accession number:
Acc.2405
Description:
Teacups with lids (set) in two-tiered brown carrying chest with 20 compartments; blue and tan tie cord; a-l): 12 cups, wood; black lacquer with overall painted and sprinkled gold floral pattern on upper half; red circumference horizontal ribbing on bottom half; diameter 8.6 cm, height 8.6 cm; m-x): 12 lids, black-lacquered wood with allover painted and sprinkled gold lacquer fold lacquer floral pattern on outside; diameter 10.3 cm; y) lid; 62.2 x 26.4 cm; z) box top: 10 compartments; height 60.2 cm x width 24.8 cm x height 13.5 cm; aa) box bottom: ditto all except height 14.4 cm; overall height 28.9 cm. Note: set not complete (8 cups and lids missing).
Donor:
University Art Museum (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Teacups
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Teacups with lids in case, accession number 9-9493a-aa, described as Teacups with lids (set) in two-tiered brown carrying chest with 20 compartments; blue and tan tie cord; a-l): 12 cups, wood; black lacquer with overall painted and sprinkled gold floral pattern on upper half; red circumference horizontal ribbing on bottom half; diameter 8.6 cm, height 8.6 cm; m-x): 12 lids, black-lacquered wood with allover painted and sprinkled gold lacquer fold lacquer floral pattern on outside; diameter 10.3 cm; y) lid; 62.2 x 26.4 cm; z) box top: 10 compartments; height 60.2 cm x width 24.8 cm x height 13.5 cm; aa) box bottom: ditto all except height 14.4 cm; overall height 28.9 cm. Note: set not complete (8 cups and lids missing).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Teacups with lids in case, accession number 9-9493a-aa, described as Teacups with lids (set) in two-tiered brown carrying chest with 20 compartments; blue and tan tie cord; a-l): 12 cups, wood; black lacquer with overall painted and sprinkled gold floral pattern on upper half; red circumference horizontal ribbing on bottom half; diameter 8.6 cm, height 8.6 cm; m-x): 12 lids, black-lacquered wood with allover painted and sprinkled gold lacquer fold lacquer floral pattern on outside; diameter 10.3 cm; y) lid; 62.2 x 26.4 cm; z) box top: 10 compartments; height 60.2 cm x width 24.8 cm x height 13.5 cm; aa) box bottom: ditto all except height 14.4 cm; overall height 28.9 cm. Note: set not complete (8 cups and lids missing).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Teacups with lids in case, accession number 9-9493a-aa, described as Teacups with lids (set) in two-tiered brown carrying chest with 20 compartments; blue and tan tie cord; a-l): 12 cups, wood; black lacquer with overall painted and sprinkled gold floral pattern on upper half; red circumference horizontal ribbing on bottom half; diameter 8.6 cm, height 8.6 cm; m-x): 12 lids, black-lacquered wood with allover painted and sprinkled gold lacquer fold lacquer floral pattern on outside; diameter 10.3 cm; y) lid; 62.2 x 26.4 cm; z) box top: 10 compartments; height 60.2 cm x width 24.8 cm x height 13.5 cm; aa) box bottom: ditto all except height 14.4 cm; overall height 28.9 cm. Note: set not complete (8 cups and lids missing).

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