Ginger jar

Museum number:
9-13458a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210913458a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
ginger jar (a), w/ lid (b): hexagonal, straight sides taper from narrow base to high shoulder, narrow rounded mouth. relief molded floral panels on each side. blue-green exterior glaze. interior and flat bottom unglazed. melted wax on interior bottom. wrapped in cross-woven rattan carrying basket w/ 2 handle loops. lid (b) is a low-fired short flat top cylinder, unglazed; w/ green, white and red paper label for "The China Ginger Preserving Co." Hong Kong. (a) H. 9.3 cm., Dia. 11.5 cm.; (b) H. 1.6 cm. Dia. 7.7 cm
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Hong Kong
Verbatim coll. place:
China, Hong Kong
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Glaze (coating by location), Paper (fiber product), and Paper (fiber product) (earthenware, mold made; blue-green glaze, rattan, paper label)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Earthenware and Jars
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
commercial preserved ginger jar
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
a— height 9.3 centimeters, a— diameter 11.5 centimeters, b— height 1.6 centimeters, and b— diameter 7.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Ginger jar, accession number 9-13458a,b, described as ginger jar (a), w/ lid (b): hexagonal, straight sides taper from narrow base to high shoulder, narrow rounded mouth. relief molded floral panels on each side. blue-green exterior glaze. interior and flat bottom unglazed. melted wax on interior bottom. wrapped in cross-woven rattan carrying basket w/ 2 handle loops. lid (b) is a low-fired short flat top cylinder, unglazed; w/ green, white and red paper label for "The China Ginger Preserving Co." Hong Kong. (a) H. 9.3 cm., Dia. 11.5 cm.; (b) H. 1.6 cm. Dia. 7.7 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Ginger jar, accession number 9-13458a,b, described as ginger jar (a), w/ lid (b): hexagonal, straight sides taper from narrow base to high shoulder, narrow rounded mouth. relief molded floral panels on each side. blue-green exterior glaze. interior and flat bottom unglazed. melted wax on interior bottom. wrapped in cross-woven rattan carrying basket w/ 2 handle loops. lid (b) is a low-fired short flat top cylinder, unglazed; w/ green, white and red paper label for "The China Ginger Preserving Co." Hong Kong. (a) H. 9.3 cm., Dia. 11.5 cm.; (b) H. 1.6 cm. Dia. 7.7 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ginger jar, accession number 9-13458a,b, described as ginger jar (a), w/ lid (b): hexagonal, straight sides taper from narrow base to high shoulder, narrow rounded mouth. relief molded floral panels on each side. blue-green exterior glaze. interior and flat bottom unglazed. melted wax on interior bottom. wrapped in cross-woven rattan carrying basket w/ 2 handle loops. lid (b) is a low-fired short flat top cylinder, unglazed; w/ green, white and red paper label for "The China Ginger Preserving Co." Hong Kong. (a) H. 9.3 cm., Dia. 11.5 cm.; (b) H. 1.6 cm. Dia. 7.7 cm

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