Jar and lid

Museum number:
9-13440a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1592 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.07
Description:
Night lamp with cover; ceramic. Lamp (a) has small wick holder bowl on tall narrow cylinder pedestal which flares at bottom to wide tripod base with short vertical inner lip (for cover). Very short square feet attached to flat bottom. Cover (b) is a wide cylinder with flat top with small knob attached. 1.3 cm hole drilled through top near side; small 'coin' design pierced through side beneath hole on top. (b) fits over lip of (a) to rest on flat rim. Glossy green glaze on wick holder and pedestal of (a) and top and side of (b). Rim and bottom of (a) and interior of (b) not glazed. Many pin-holes in surface of glaze. H (a) 8.3cm; max Dia. 11.2 cm; H (b) 10.8cm, Dia. 10.8cm Ceramic, fine grain buff clay, wheel thrown. Green glaze Night lamp, cover, wick holder. Cylindrical cover with knob fits over base having mushroom-like burner and three small feet. Mended.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and George H. Kerr
Collection place:
Canton, Guangdong province, China
Verbatim coll. place:
China; Canton
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jars
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Jar and lid, accession number 9-13440a,b, described as Night lamp with cover; ceramic. Lamp (a) has small wick holder bowl on tall narrow cylinder pedestal which flares at bottom to wide tripod base with short vertical inner lip (for cover). Very short square feet attached to flat bottom. Cover (b) is a wide cylinder with flat top with small knob attached. 1.3 cm hole drilled through top near side; small 'coin' design pierced through side beneath hole on top. (b) fits over lip of (a) to rest on flat rim. Glossy green glaze on wick holder and pedestal of (a) and top and side of (b). Rim and bottom of (a) and interior of (b) not glazed. Many pin-holes in surface of glaze. H (a) 8.3cm; max Dia. 11.2 cm; H (b) 10.8cm, Dia. 10.8cm Ceramic, fine grain buff clay, wheel thrown. Green glaze Night lamp, cover, wick holder. Cylindrical cover with knob fits over base having mushroom-like burner and three small feet. Mended.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Jar and lid, accession number 9-13440a,b, described as Night lamp with cover; ceramic. Lamp (a) has small wick holder bowl on tall narrow cylinder pedestal which flares at bottom to wide tripod base with short vertical inner lip (for cover). Very short square feet attached to flat bottom. Cover (b) is a wide cylinder with flat top with small knob attached. 1.3 cm hole drilled through top near side; small 'coin' design pierced through side beneath hole on top. (b) fits over lip of (a) to rest on flat rim. Glossy green glaze on wick holder and pedestal of (a) and top and side of (b). Rim and bottom of (a) and interior of (b) not glazed. Many pin-holes in surface of glaze. H (a) 8.3cm; max Dia. 11.2 cm; H (b) 10.8cm, Dia. 10.8cm Ceramic, fine grain buff clay, wheel thrown. Green glaze Night lamp, cover, wick holder. Cylindrical cover with knob fits over base having mushroom-like burner and three small feet. Mended.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Jar and lid, accession number 9-13440a,b, described as Night lamp with cover; ceramic. Lamp (a) has small wick holder bowl on tall narrow cylinder pedestal which flares at bottom to wide tripod base with short vertical inner lip (for cover). Very short square feet attached to flat bottom. Cover (b) is a wide cylinder with flat top with small knob attached. 1.3 cm hole drilled through top near side; small 'coin' design pierced through side beneath hole on top. (b) fits over lip of (a) to rest on flat rim. Glossy green glaze on wick holder and pedestal of (a) and top and side of (b). Rim and bottom of (a) and interior of (b) not glazed. Many pin-holes in surface of glaze. H (a) 8.3cm; max Dia. 11.2 cm; H (b) 10.8cm, Dia. 10.8cm Ceramic, fine grain buff clay, wheel thrown. Green glaze Night lamp, cover, wick holder. Cylindrical cover with knob fits over base having mushroom-like burner and three small feet. Mended.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Jar and lid, accession number 9-13440a,b, described as Night lamp with cover; ceramic. Lamp (a) has small wick holder bowl on tall narrow cylinder pedestal which flares at bottom to wide tripod base with short vertical inner lip (for cover). Very short square feet attached to flat bottom. Cover (b) is a wide cylinder with flat top with small knob attached. 1.3 cm hole drilled through top near side; small 'coin' design pierced through side beneath hole on top. (b) fits over lip of (a) to rest on flat rim. Glossy green glaze on wick holder and pedestal of (a) and top and side of (b). Rim and bottom of (a) and interior of (b) not glazed. Many pin-holes in surface of glaze. H (a) 8.3cm; max Dia. 11.2 cm; H (b) 10.8cm, Dia. 10.8cm Ceramic, fine grain buff clay, wheel thrown. Green glaze Night lamp, cover, wick holder. Cylindrical cover with knob fits over base having mushroom-like burner and three small feet. Mended.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Jar and lid, accession number 9-13440a,b, described as Night lamp with cover; ceramic. Lamp (a) has small wick holder bowl on tall narrow cylinder pedestal which flares at bottom to wide tripod base with short vertical inner lip (for cover). Very short square feet attached to flat bottom. Cover (b) is a wide cylinder with flat top with small knob attached. 1.3 cm hole drilled through top near side; small 'coin' design pierced through side beneath hole on top. (b) fits over lip of (a) to rest on flat rim. Glossy green glaze on wick holder and pedestal of (a) and top and side of (b). Rim and bottom of (a) and interior of (b) not glazed. Many pin-holes in surface of glaze. H (a) 8.3cm; max Dia. 11.2 cm; H (b) 10.8cm, Dia. 10.8cm Ceramic, fine grain buff clay, wheel thrown. Green glaze Night lamp, cover, wick holder. Cylindrical cover with knob fits over base having mushroom-like burner and three small feet. Mended.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar and lid, accession number 9-13440a,b, described as Night lamp with cover; ceramic. Lamp (a) has small wick holder bowl on tall narrow cylinder pedestal which flares at bottom to wide tripod base with short vertical inner lip (for cover). Very short square feet attached to flat bottom. Cover (b) is a wide cylinder with flat top with small knob attached. 1.3 cm hole drilled through top near side; small 'coin' design pierced through side beneath hole on top. (b) fits over lip of (a) to rest on flat rim. Glossy green glaze on wick holder and pedestal of (a) and top and side of (b). Rim and bottom of (a) and interior of (b) not glazed. Many pin-holes in surface of glaze. H (a) 8.3cm; max Dia. 11.2 cm; H (b) 10.8cm, Dia. 10.8cm Ceramic, fine grain buff clay, wheel thrown. Green glaze Night lamp, cover, wick holder. Cylindrical cover with knob fits over base having mushroom-like burner and three small feet. Mended.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar and lid, accession number 9-13440a,b, described as Night lamp with cover; ceramic. Lamp (a) has small wick holder bowl on tall narrow cylinder pedestal which flares at bottom to wide tripod base with short vertical inner lip (for cover). Very short square feet attached to flat bottom. Cover (b) is a wide cylinder with flat top with small knob attached. 1.3 cm hole drilled through top near side; small 'coin' design pierced through side beneath hole on top. (b) fits over lip of (a) to rest on flat rim. Glossy green glaze on wick holder and pedestal of (a) and top and side of (b). Rim and bottom of (a) and interior of (b) not glazed. Many pin-holes in surface of glaze. H (a) 8.3cm; max Dia. 11.2 cm; H (b) 10.8cm, Dia. 10.8cm Ceramic, fine grain buff clay, wheel thrown. Green glaze Night lamp, cover, wick holder. Cylindrical cover with knob fits over base having mushroom-like burner and three small feet. Mended.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar and lid, accession number 9-13440a,b, described as Night lamp with cover; ceramic. Lamp (a) has small wick holder bowl on tall narrow cylinder pedestal which flares at bottom to wide tripod base with short vertical inner lip (for cover). Very short square feet attached to flat bottom. Cover (b) is a wide cylinder with flat top with small knob attached. 1.3 cm hole drilled through top near side; small 'coin' design pierced through side beneath hole on top. (b) fits over lip of (a) to rest on flat rim. Glossy green glaze on wick holder and pedestal of (a) and top and side of (b). Rim and bottom of (a) and interior of (b) not glazed. Many pin-holes in surface of glaze. H (a) 8.3cm; max Dia. 11.2 cm; H (b) 10.8cm, Dia. 10.8cm Ceramic, fine grain buff clay, wheel thrown. Green glaze Night lamp, cover, wick holder. Cylindrical cover with knob fits over base having mushroom-like burner and three small feet. Mended.

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