a) wine cup; porcelain; almost completely covered with red and gold overglaze; blue underglaze medallion inside center; scalloped edge; blue writing on bottom. b) stand, teak; elaborately pierced; diameter: 2-3/4 inches, height: 3-1/16 inches translation: "Dai Nihon Yeiraku tsukuru" (Great Japan Yeiraku [ware] mode)
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Maker or artist:
Hozen (11th generation) Zengoro
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
before May 11, 1909
Materials:
Ceramic (material), Porcelain (material), Teak (wood), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Porcelain (visual works) and Wine cups
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 7.779 centimeters and diameter 6.985 centimeters