Soba cup

Museum number:
9-12365a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210912365a@2cb
Alternate number:
1559* (original number) and Kerr 99 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
soba cup, porcelain. 1 of 2. blue and white "Imari" ware. flat bottom, straight sides, no foot. blue underglaze decoration: two three trunks, and grass design on opposite outer sides. Five octopus or spider shaped designs between the tree trunks. three bands near base, two near rim of interior, and a stylized character on bottom center. painter red character on base. identical to 9-12366. h. 6.5 cm. rim dia. 7 cm.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan; Imari, Hizen
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
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 6.5 centimeters and diameter 7 centimeters
Comment:
identical to 9-12366
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Soba cup, accession number 9-12365a,b, described as soba cup, porcelain. 1 of 2. blue and white "Imari" ware. flat bottom, straight sides, no foot. blue underglaze decoration: two three trunks, and grass design on opposite outer sides. Five octopus or spider shaped designs between the tree trunks. three bands near base, two near rim of interior, and a stylized character on bottom center. painter red character on base. identical to 9-12366. h. 6.5 cm. rim dia. 7 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Soba cup, accession number 9-12365a,b, described as soba cup, porcelain. 1 of 2. blue and white "Imari" ware. flat bottom, straight sides, no foot. blue underglaze decoration: two three trunks, and grass design on opposite outer sides. Five octopus or spider shaped designs between the tree trunks. three bands near base, two near rim of interior, and a stylized character on bottom center. painter red character on base. identical to 9-12366. h. 6.5 cm. rim dia. 7 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Soba cup, accession number 9-12365a,b, described as soba cup, porcelain. 1 of 2. blue and white "Imari" ware. flat bottom, straight sides, no foot. blue underglaze decoration: two three trunks, and grass design on opposite outer sides. Five octopus or spider shaped designs between the tree trunks. three bands near base, two near rim of interior, and a stylized character on bottom center. painter red character on base. identical to 9-12366. h. 6.5 cm. rim dia. 7 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Soba cup, accession number 9-12365a,b, described as soba cup, porcelain. 1 of 2. blue and white "Imari" ware. flat bottom, straight sides, no foot. blue underglaze decoration: two three trunks, and grass design on opposite outer sides. Five octopus or spider shaped designs between the tree trunks. three bands near base, two near rim of interior, and a stylized character on bottom center. painter red character on base. identical to 9-12366. h. 6.5 cm. rim dia. 7 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Soba cup, accession number 9-12365a,b, described as soba cup, porcelain. 1 of 2. blue and white "Imari" ware. flat bottom, straight sides, no foot. blue underglaze decoration: two three trunks, and grass design on opposite outer sides. Five octopus or spider shaped designs between the tree trunks. three bands near base, two near rim of interior, and a stylized character on bottom center. painter red character on base. identical to 9-12366. h. 6.5 cm. rim dia. 7 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Soba cup, accession number 9-12365a,b, described as soba cup, porcelain. 1 of 2. blue and white "Imari" ware. flat bottom, straight sides, no foot. blue underglaze decoration: two three trunks, and grass design on opposite outer sides. Five octopus or spider shaped designs between the tree trunks. three bands near base, two near rim of interior, and a stylized character on bottom center. painter red character on base. identical to 9-12366. h. 6.5 cm. rim dia. 7 cm.

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