Bowl with pitcher

Museum number:
9-14815a,b
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Alternate number:
15 & 25 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3393
Description:
bowl with pitcher: a. bowl: glazed pottery; outside, blue-green with yellow and brown streaks dripping from edge; inside, blue-green, green, yellow and brown dripping streaks toward center, 12 cm. high, diam at top, 24.5 cm. b. pitcher: glazed pottery with single spout and handle; inside, yellow with blue, brown, green & white drips from edge, outside, blue, green, yellow, white brown streaks from edge, 19.5 cm, ht. cylinder shape
Donor:
Herbert Wehrly Estate
Collection place:
Kandahar, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Collector:
Herbert Wehrly
Collection date:
August 25, 1963
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels) and Pitchers (vessels)
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Accession date:
1978
Context of use:
bowl and pitcher probably used for washing of hands.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
a— height 12 centimeters, a— diameter 24.5 centimeters, and b— height 19.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bowl with pitcher, accession number 9-14815a,b, described as bowl with pitcher: a. bowl: glazed pottery; outside, blue-green with yellow and brown streaks dripping from edge; inside, blue-green, green, yellow and brown dripping streaks toward center, 12 cm. high, diam at top, 24.5 cm. b. pitcher: glazed pottery with single spout and handle; inside, yellow with blue, brown, green & white drips from edge, outside, blue, green, yellow, white brown streaks from edge, 19.5 cm, ht. cylinder shape

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