Platter

Museum number:
9-12299
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1517 (original number) and Kerr 45 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.07
Description:
platter, ceramic. rectangular shape w/ slightly curved sides and fluted corner. slab built, and sides scraped. base recessed, however is warped and rests on the center bottom instead of foot. yellow crackled glaze over entirety. stilt marks on bottom. brown spots in glaze. H. 6 cm., L. 32 cm.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and George H. Kerr
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan; Shimane Prefecture, (Izumo Prov.), Fujina
Collector:
George H. Kerr
Collection date:
before 1957
Materials:
Clay
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Platters (carrying dishes)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 32 centimeters and height 6 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Platter, accession number 9-12299, described as platter, ceramic. rectangular shape w/ slightly curved sides and fluted corner. slab built, and sides scraped. base recessed, however is warped and rests on the center bottom instead of foot. yellow crackled glaze over entirety. stilt marks on bottom. brown spots in glaze. H. 6 cm., L. 32 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Platter, accession number 9-12299, described as platter, ceramic. rectangular shape w/ slightly curved sides and fluted corner. slab built, and sides scraped. base recessed, however is warped and rests on the center bottom instead of foot. yellow crackled glaze over entirety. stilt marks on bottom. brown spots in glaze. H. 6 cm., L. 32 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Platter, accession number 9-12299, described as platter, ceramic. rectangular shape w/ slightly curved sides and fluted corner. slab built, and sides scraped. base recessed, however is warped and rests on the center bottom instead of foot. yellow crackled glaze over entirety. stilt marks on bottom. brown spots in glaze. H. 6 cm., L. 32 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Platter, accession number 9-12299, described as platter, ceramic. rectangular shape w/ slightly curved sides and fluted corner. slab built, and sides scraped. base recessed, however is warped and rests on the center bottom instead of foot. yellow crackled glaze over entirety. stilt marks on bottom. brown spots in glaze. H. 6 cm., L. 32 cm.

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