Jar

Museum number:
9-12660
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1571 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.07
Description:
Jar; porcelain, light blue shiny glaze, straight sides, angled shoulder narrow mouth with rim and lip, narrow foot with some sand adhering, glaze worn, inside not fully glazed, small area near foot yellow (from firing). 3” (7.7 cm) diameter, 3 1/4” (8.2 cm) high, foot 5.8 cm diameter.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and George H. Kerr
Collection place:
Korea
Verbatim coll. place:
Korea
Collector:
George H. Kerr
Collection date:
before 1957
Materials:
Glaze (coating by location) and Porcelain (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Porcelain (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
Yi period (A.D. 1392-1910)
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 8.2 centimeters, foot— diameter 5.8 centimeters, and diameter 7.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 9-12660, described as Jar; porcelain, light blue shiny glaze, straight sides, angled shoulder narrow mouth with rim and lip, narrow foot with some sand adhering, glaze worn, inside not fully glazed, small area near foot yellow (from firing). 3” (7.7 cm) diameter, 3 1/4” (8.2 cm) high, foot 5.8 cm diameter.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 9-12660, described as Jar; porcelain, light blue shiny glaze, straight sides, angled shoulder narrow mouth with rim and lip, narrow foot with some sand adhering, glaze worn, inside not fully glazed, small area near foot yellow (from firing). 3” (7.7 cm) diameter, 3 1/4” (8.2 cm) high, foot 5.8 cm diameter.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 9-12660, described as Jar; porcelain, light blue shiny glaze, straight sides, angled shoulder narrow mouth with rim and lip, narrow foot with some sand adhering, glaze worn, inside not fully glazed, small area near foot yellow (from firing). 3” (7.7 cm) diameter, 3 1/4” (8.2 cm) high, foot 5.8 cm diameter.

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