Vase with lid

Museum number:
9-12679a-b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210912679a@2db
Alternate number:
2178a-c (previous number (Design Dept.), wooden stand marked with Design Department 2178c does not match this vase)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
case, porcelain. large massive baluster shaped vase with a high bulbous shoulder, narrow, slightly flared base, short narrow cylindrical neck. dark, dull cobalt blue glaze on exterior. white interior with many brown stained pits. mouth-rim and recessed foot unglazed. floral scrollwork faintly visible beneath surface. may have been decorated in underglaze blue on white then, covered with blue. H. 34.8; Max D. 26.5cm; Base dia. 18cm.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collection date:
before 1944
Materials:
Glaze (coating by location) and Porcelain (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Porcelain (visual works)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
diameter 26.5 centimeters, base— diameter 18 centimeters, and height 34.8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Vase with lid, accession number 9-12679a-b, described as case, porcelain. large massive baluster shaped vase with a high bulbous shoulder, narrow, slightly flared base, short narrow cylindrical neck. dark, dull cobalt blue glaze on exterior. white interior with many brown stained pits. mouth-rim and recessed foot unglazed. floral scrollwork faintly visible beneath surface. may have been decorated in underglaze blue on white then, covered with blue. H. 34.8; Max D. 26.5cm; Base dia. 18cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Vase with lid, accession number 9-12679a-b, described as case, porcelain. large massive baluster shaped vase with a high bulbous shoulder, narrow, slightly flared base, short narrow cylindrical neck. dark, dull cobalt blue glaze on exterior. white interior with many brown stained pits. mouth-rim and recessed foot unglazed. floral scrollwork faintly visible beneath surface. may have been decorated in underglaze blue on white then, covered with blue. H. 34.8; Max D. 26.5cm; Base dia. 18cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Vase with lid, accession number 9-12679a-b, described as case, porcelain. large massive baluster shaped vase with a high bulbous shoulder, narrow, slightly flared base, short narrow cylindrical neck. dark, dull cobalt blue glaze on exterior. white interior with many brown stained pits. mouth-rim and recessed foot unglazed. floral scrollwork faintly visible beneath surface. may have been decorated in underglaze blue on white then, covered with blue. H. 34.8; Max D. 26.5cm; Base dia. 18cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Vase with lid, accession number 9-12679a-b, described as case, porcelain. large massive baluster shaped vase with a high bulbous shoulder, narrow, slightly flared base, short narrow cylindrical neck. dark, dull cobalt blue glaze on exterior. white interior with many brown stained pits. mouth-rim and recessed foot unglazed. floral scrollwork faintly visible beneath surface. may have been decorated in underglaze blue on white then, covered with blue. H. 34.8; Max D. 26.5cm; Base dia. 18cm.

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