Container

Museum number:
9-14607
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090014607
Alternate number:
3127 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
Bowl, darkened brass, square, on 4 feet; imitation of ancient Chinese bronze ware. Length slightly tapered to the flat bottom, projections at each corner, narrow rom flange. Panel 'cloud' pattern ground. Band under rim with bumpy surface. 4 characters seal mark on underside, possible reading: "aged mountain(?) casting" height 6.7 centimeter, width 13.2 centimeters square.
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:
Bronze (metal)
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 titled Container, accession number 9-14607, described as Bowl, darkened brass, square, on 4 feet; imitation of ancient Chinese bronze ware. Length slightly tapered to the flat bottom, projections at each corner, narrow rom flange. Panel 'cloud' pattern ground. Band under rim with bumpy surface. 4 characters seal mark on underside, possible reading: "aged mountain(?) casting" height 6.7 centimeter, width 13.2 centimeters square.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 9-14607, described as Bowl, darkened brass, square, on 4 feet; imitation of ancient Chinese bronze ware. Length slightly tapered to the flat bottom, projections at each corner, narrow rom flange. Panel 'cloud' pattern ground. Band under rim with bumpy surface. 4 characters seal mark on underside, possible reading: "aged mountain(?) casting" height 6.7 centimeter, width 13.2 centimeters square.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 9-14607, described as Bowl, darkened brass, square, on 4 feet; imitation of ancient Chinese bronze ware. Length slightly tapered to the flat bottom, projections at each corner, narrow rom flange. Panel 'cloud' pattern ground. Band under rim with bumpy surface. 4 characters seal mark on underside, possible reading: "aged mountain(?) casting" height 6.7 centimeter, width 13.2 centimeters square.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 9-14607, described as Bowl, darkened brass, square, on 4 feet; imitation of ancient Chinese bronze ware. Length slightly tapered to the flat bottom, projections at each corner, narrow rom flange. Panel 'cloud' pattern ground. Band under rim with bumpy surface. 4 characters seal mark on underside, possible reading: "aged mountain(?) casting" height 6.7 centimeter, width 13.2 centimeters square.

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