Vase

Museum number:
9-12682
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012682
Alternate number:
3161 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
China Attributed. Vase, porcelain with celadon glaze over incised relief decor; tall baluster shape: ovoid, bulbous midriff on very narrow, cylindrical base; very long narrow cylinder neck slightly flared at mouth, brass on rim. Coil slightly raised on neck where it meets shoulder. Incised relief: diaper pattern over most of body; two medallions with floral motif on midriff. Vertical comb pattern on base. Recessed foot with rough glazed surface. Interior glazed green, stained. Cracks in glaze and body. Height 46.8 centimeters, max diameter 20 centimeters.
Donor:
Anita Day Symmes Blake, Anson Stiles Blake, and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China Attrib.
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Anson Stiles Blake
Collection date:
pre-1962
Materials:
Ceramic (material) and Glaze (coating by location)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Vases
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Vase, accession number 9-12682, described as China Attributed. Vase, porcelain with celadon glaze over incised relief decor; tall baluster shape: ovoid, bulbous midriff on very narrow, cylindrical base; very long narrow cylinder neck slightly flared at mouth, brass on rim. Coil slightly raised on neck where it meets shoulder. Incised relief: diaper pattern over most of body; two medallions with floral motif on midriff. Vertical comb pattern on base. Recessed foot with rough glazed surface. Interior glazed green, stained. Cracks in glaze and body. Height 46.8 centimeters, max diameter 20 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Vase, accession number 9-12682, described as China Attributed. Vase, porcelain with celadon glaze over incised relief decor; tall baluster shape: ovoid, bulbous midriff on very narrow, cylindrical base; very long narrow cylinder neck slightly flared at mouth, brass on rim. Coil slightly raised on neck where it meets shoulder. Incised relief: diaper pattern over most of body; two medallions with floral motif on midriff. Vertical comb pattern on base. Recessed foot with rough glazed surface. Interior glazed green, stained. Cracks in glaze and body. Height 46.8 centimeters, max diameter 20 centimeters.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Vase, accession number 9-12682, described as China Attributed. Vase, porcelain with celadon glaze over incised relief decor; tall baluster shape: ovoid, bulbous midriff on very narrow, cylindrical base; very long narrow cylinder neck slightly flared at mouth, brass on rim. Coil slightly raised on neck where it meets shoulder. Incised relief: diaper pattern over most of body; two medallions with floral motif on midriff. Vertical comb pattern on base. Recessed foot with rough glazed surface. Interior glazed green, stained. Cracks in glaze and body. Height 46.8 centimeters, max diameter 20 centimeters.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Vase, accession number 9-12682, described as China Attributed. Vase, porcelain with celadon glaze over incised relief decor; tall baluster shape: ovoid, bulbous midriff on very narrow, cylindrical base; very long narrow cylinder neck slightly flared at mouth, brass on rim. Coil slightly raised on neck where it meets shoulder. Incised relief: diaper pattern over most of body; two medallions with floral motif on midriff. Vertical comb pattern on base. Recessed foot with rough glazed surface. Interior glazed green, stained. Cracks in glaze and body. Height 46.8 centimeters, max diameter 20 centimeters.

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