Jar

Museum number:
9-20399
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4291
Description:
Storage vessel, ceramic, earthenware; roudn body, with high shoulders, short neck, wide mouth; footed; upper 2/3rds covered wtih dark brown glaze; 4 suspension loops near top of body. Shoji Hamada, a National Treasure of Japan, made this vessel in 1966 while visiting San Jose State University.
Donor:
Yoshiko Uchida
Collection place:
Japan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Earthenware
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
December 16, 1987
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 9-20399, described as Storage vessel, ceramic, earthenware; roudn body, with high shoulders, short neck, wide mouth; footed; upper 2/3rds covered wtih dark brown glaze; 4 suspension loops near top of body. Shoji Hamada, a National Treasure of Japan, made this vessel in 1966 while visiting San Jose State University.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 9-20399, described as Storage vessel, ceramic, earthenware; roudn body, with high shoulders, short neck, wide mouth; footed; upper 2/3rds covered wtih dark brown glaze; 4 suspension loops near top of body. Shoji Hamada, a National Treasure of Japan, made this vessel in 1966 while visiting San Jose State University.

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