Dish

Museum number:
9-12703
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012703
Alternate number:
3213 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
China, Kiangsi province, Ching-te-chen. Hot water plate, porcelain. Blue and white 'Canton, willow ware' pattern. Octagonal hollow plate with depressed flat center; flat almost horizontal marly, fluted corners of side. Two small handles of squared off knob type attached opposite sides; one open on top for water, and each with holes through sides for wire handles. Recessed base. Decoration: dark blue underglaze wash of river and temple scene with boats and bridge. Dark lattice-work band around outer edge of marly and light blue scalloped comb pattern on inner side. Simple flower in middle of each side. Underside white. Height 3.6 centimeters, maximum diameter 26 centimeters.
Donor:
Anita Day Symmes Blake, Anson Stiles Blake, and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Jiangxi province, Southern China
Verbatim coll. place:
China, Kiangsi (province), Ching-tê-chên
Collector:
Anson Stiles Blake
Collection date:
pre-1962
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dishes (vessels for food)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Dish, accession number 9-12703, described as China, Kiangsi province, Ching-te-chen. Hot water plate, porcelain. Blue and white 'Canton, willow ware' pattern. Octagonal hollow plate with depressed flat center; flat almost horizontal marly, fluted corners of side. Two small handles of squared off knob type attached opposite sides; one open on top for water, and each with holes through sides for wire handles. Recessed base. Decoration: dark blue underglaze wash of river and temple scene with boats and bridge. Dark lattice-work band around outer edge of marly and light blue scalloped comb pattern on inner side. Simple flower in middle of each side. Underside white. Height 3.6 centimeters, maximum diameter 26 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Dish, accession number 9-12703, described as China, Kiangsi province, Ching-te-chen. Hot water plate, porcelain. Blue and white 'Canton, willow ware' pattern. Octagonal hollow plate with depressed flat center; flat almost horizontal marly, fluted corners of side. Two small handles of squared off knob type attached opposite sides; one open on top for water, and each with holes through sides for wire handles. Recessed base. Decoration: dark blue underglaze wash of river and temple scene with boats and bridge. Dark lattice-work band around outer edge of marly and light blue scalloped comb pattern on inner side. Simple flower in middle of each side. Underside white. Height 3.6 centimeters, maximum diameter 26 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 9-12703, described as China, Kiangsi province, Ching-te-chen. Hot water plate, porcelain. Blue and white 'Canton, willow ware' pattern. Octagonal hollow plate with depressed flat center; flat almost horizontal marly, fluted corners of side. Two small handles of squared off knob type attached opposite sides; one open on top for water, and each with holes through sides for wire handles. Recessed base. Decoration: dark blue underglaze wash of river and temple scene with boats and bridge. Dark lattice-work band around outer edge of marly and light blue scalloped comb pattern on inner side. Simple flower in middle of each side. Underside white. Height 3.6 centimeters, maximum diameter 26 centimeters.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 9-12703, described as China, Kiangsi province, Ching-te-chen. Hot water plate, porcelain. Blue and white 'Canton, willow ware' pattern. Octagonal hollow plate with depressed flat center; flat almost horizontal marly, fluted corners of side. Two small handles of squared off knob type attached opposite sides; one open on top for water, and each with holes through sides for wire handles. Recessed base. Decoration: dark blue underglaze wash of river and temple scene with boats and bridge. Dark lattice-work band around outer edge of marly and light blue scalloped comb pattern on inner side. Simple flower in middle of each side. Underside white. Height 3.6 centimeters, maximum diameter 26 centimeters.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dish, accession number 9-12703, described as China, Kiangsi province, Ching-te-chen. Hot water plate, porcelain. Blue and white 'Canton, willow ware' pattern. Octagonal hollow plate with depressed flat center; flat almost horizontal marly, fluted corners of side. Two small handles of squared off knob type attached opposite sides; one open on top for water, and each with holes through sides for wire handles. Recessed base. Decoration: dark blue underglaze wash of river and temple scene with boats and bridge. Dark lattice-work band around outer edge of marly and light blue scalloped comb pattern on inner side. Simple flower in middle of each side. Underside white. Height 3.6 centimeters, maximum diameter 26 centimeters.

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