Tiles, porcelain, glaze, tile making, underglaze painting; white and blue; a-7.5" x 4 7/8"; b-7 1/8" x 4.5"; c-7.5" x 4 7/8"; d-7 3/8" x 4 7/8"; e-7 3/8" x 4.75"; f-7.5" x 4.75" Six thin white porcelain tiles with underglaze blue painted designed a-2 horses beside tree (broken in three pieces); b-2 horses under tree (broken in two pieces); c-tables with vases, boxes, ornaments, 2 rings in left area. (two corners broken off); d-same as "c" but two diamond shapes in left area; e-tables, vases, boxes, flowers; f-same as "e" (broken in two pieces) January 1969 condition good Tiles, porcelain, blue and white; six small thin rectangular tiles. (a&b) have different scenes of two horses beside tree, flowers, rolling hills. Both broken and mended (a) with one piece missing. (c&d) have nearly identical scene of vase, boxes, ornaments on stands. (c) has two rings on one side; (d) has overlapped diamonds; (e&f) nearly identical scene of vases, boxes, ornaments, etc. different from (c&d). All in underglaze blue on white ground. (f) broken and mended. Opposite sides unglazed. Dimensions: a) 19.2cm x 12.4 cm; (b) 18.1 cmx 11.6; (c) 19cm x 12.4 cm; (d) 19cm x 12.3; (e) 18.8 cm x 12.2; (f) 19.2 cm x 12.1 cm Porcelain, underglaze blue decoration Found badly broken in 1983 and mended with ACORN R-957A.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Materials:
Glaze (coating by location) and Porcelain (material)