Vessel with lid

Museum number:
9-22644a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210922644a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4349
Description:
ceramic vessel with lid; ceramic jar shaped like a drum inscribed with a rural scene and calligraphy around the body of the vessel (a). red-brown band around bottom decorated with small "nail head" roundels every 1.3cm. lid (b) red-brown with edge finished with "nail heads". top inscribed floral design, scratched in after glaze was applied.
Donor:
Estate of Elizabeth Huff
Collection place:
Pine Pavillion, Jiangsu province, Southern China
Verbatim coll. place:
Asia, China, Chaingsu Province, Pine Pavilion
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Collector:
Elizabeth Huff
Materials:
Ceramic (material) and Glaze (coating by location)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jars
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
August 5, 1988
Context of use:
household, decorative
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 7 centimeters and diameter 9.9 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Vessel with lid, accession number 9-22644a,b, described as ceramic vessel with lid; ceramic jar shaped like a drum inscribed with a rural scene and calligraphy around the body of the vessel (a). red-brown band around bottom decorated with small "nail head" roundels every 1.3cm. lid (b) red-brown with edge finished with "nail heads". top inscribed floral design, scratched in after glaze was applied.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Vessel with lid, accession number 9-22644a,b, described as ceramic vessel with lid; ceramic jar shaped like a drum inscribed with a rural scene and calligraphy around the body of the vessel (a). red-brown band around bottom decorated with small "nail head" roundels every 1.3cm. lid (b) red-brown with edge finished with "nail heads". top inscribed floral design, scratched in after glaze was applied.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Vessel with lid, accession number 9-22644a,b, described as ceramic vessel with lid; ceramic jar shaped like a drum inscribed with a rural scene and calligraphy around the body of the vessel (a). red-brown band around bottom decorated with small "nail head" roundels every 1.3cm. lid (b) red-brown with edge finished with "nail heads". top inscribed floral design, scratched in after glaze was applied.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Vessel with lid, accession number 9-22644a,b, described as ceramic vessel with lid; ceramic jar shaped like a drum inscribed with a rural scene and calligraphy around the body of the vessel (a). red-brown band around bottom decorated with small "nail head" roundels every 1.3cm. lid (b) red-brown with edge finished with "nail heads". top inscribed floral design, scratched in after glaze was applied.

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