Picnic box

Museum number:
9-12662a-d
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210912662a@2dd
Alternate number:
1573a-d (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.07
Description:
Picnic box; three tiers of containers and lid, white porcelain, a) lid-square with beveled edge, inside has low flange, b-c center sections: square, edge cut away on bottom to create flange, d) bottom-has cut out sections on each side to create legs, glazed with light blue glaze and underglaze blue, insides and bottoms glazed with plain light blue celadon, outsides brushed in underglaze stylized vine and flower motifs, motif identical on each side of tiers, lid has slightly different motif on top and on beveled edge. When assembled, 6 13/16” (17 cm) high.
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:
Celadon (glaze) and Porcelain (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Porcelain (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 10.3 centimeters, width 10.3 centimeters, and height 17 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Picnic box, accession number 9-12662a-d, described as Picnic box; three tiers of containers and lid, white porcelain, a) lid-square with beveled edge, inside has low flange, b-c center sections: square, edge cut away on bottom to create flange, d) bottom-has cut out sections on each side to create legs, glazed with light blue glaze and underglaze blue, insides and bottoms glazed with plain light blue celadon, outsides brushed in underglaze stylized vine and flower motifs, motif identical on each side of tiers, lid has slightly different motif on top and on beveled edge. When assembled, 6 13/16” (17 cm) high.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Picnic box, accession number 9-12662a-d, described as Picnic box; three tiers of containers and lid, white porcelain, a) lid-square with beveled edge, inside has low flange, b-c center sections: square, edge cut away on bottom to create flange, d) bottom-has cut out sections on each side to create legs, glazed with light blue glaze and underglaze blue, insides and bottoms glazed with plain light blue celadon, outsides brushed in underglaze stylized vine and flower motifs, motif identical on each side of tiers, lid has slightly different motif on top and on beveled edge. When assembled, 6 13/16” (17 cm) high.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Picnic box, accession number 9-12662a-d, described as Picnic box; three tiers of containers and lid, white porcelain, a) lid-square with beveled edge, inside has low flange, b-c center sections: square, edge cut away on bottom to create flange, d) bottom-has cut out sections on each side to create legs, glazed with light blue glaze and underglaze blue, insides and bottoms glazed with plain light blue celadon, outsides brushed in underglaze stylized vine and flower motifs, motif identical on each side of tiers, lid has slightly different motif on top and on beveled edge. When assembled, 6 13/16” (17 cm) high.

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