small ceramic water vessel, generally trapezoidal in shape but with slightly curved outer and inner walls. long arc has 1.1cm cover with 3 tubed opening decorated with blue cross-hatched pattern. side walls have blue, stylized floral design bordered by a narrow blue line.
Donor:
Estate of Elizabeth Huff
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
Asia, China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Elizabeth Huff
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Vessels (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
August 5, 1988
Context of use:
container for water with 3 tubular depressions for wetting brushes (?)
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 2 centimeters, length 6.4 centimeters, and width 4 centimeters