1530 (original number) and Kerr 66 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.07
Description:
water jar, ceramic. large bulging jar w/ wide mouth, short concave neck and a rather narrow foot. slightly flared rim. interior has a lightlcoated [sic] band of glaze near top. exterior has bolk, stylized design of pine trees in copper greens and light & dark brown. dark brown slip or glaze at base. rim very worn. many small bloats, chips in side. UCDA cat. includes not: "Extremely valuable". H. 32 cm. rim Dia. 29 cm.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and George H. Kerr
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan; Fukuoka Prefecture, (Futagawa), Setaka (Chikugo) 19th c. att.
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
George H. Kerr
Collection date:
before 1957
Materials:
Clay, Copper (metal), and Glaze (coating by location)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jars and Stoneware (pottery)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
water container. (The Futugawa kiln is noted for this type of ware, and is similar to the wares of the Takeo district (Saga Prefecture), Karatsu. these jars are no longer produced at these kilns however. [handwritten on card: loc: aa 16]
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 32 centimeters and diameter 29 centimeters
Comment:
Exhibited: UCB Art Museum: Folk Ceramics of Japan 4/26/77 - 6/19/77 ex # 77
Loans:
S1976-1977 #62: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (April 4, 1977–July 20, 1977)