Tea cup; pedestaled bowl shape; gold and blue paint on crazed cream porcelain; "Satsuma" type; interior = monk meditating on a bird; exterior = 9 monks in circle; 13 cm. dia.; 8.5 cm. h.;
Donor:
Roy T. Zaret
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan; by 'MOKUBEI', a painter and potter, 1767-1833; signature on bottom is 'ROBEI' (Fide Prof. Cahill, 1967)
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Maker or artist:
Mokubei and Robei
Collector:
Roy T. Zaret
Collection date:
before 1966
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Porcelain (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Porcelain (visual works)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Production date:
early 1800s (before 1833)
Accession date:
1966
Context of use:
ca. 150 years old; name on bottom is of "Sumi" painter; see acc. env.; repairs are lacquer mixed with gold; by 'MOKUBEI', a painter and potter, 1767-1833; signature on bottom is 'ROBEI' (Fide Prof. Cahill, 1967)
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 8.5 centimeters and diameter 13 centimeters
Loans:
S1993-1994 #6: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (September 13, 1993–February 4, 1994)