Vase

Museum number:
9-12340
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012340
Alternate number:
1544 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.07
Description:
Flower vase, porcelain, for altar use (?). Narrow tapered cylinder with base, made to look like bamboo section with joint. Blue underglaze decoration of bamboo. Specks on base. Recessed foot under base. Height 13.5 cm, Base diameter 6cm. From Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen Province), Arita, "Imari" ware.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and George H. Kerr
Collection place:
Saga Prefecture, Northern Kyūshū, Kyūshū region
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan; Imari, Hizan
Materials:
Glaze (coating by location)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Vases
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Vase, accession number 9-12340, described as Flower vase, porcelain, for altar use (?). Narrow tapered cylinder with base, made to look like bamboo section with joint. Blue underglaze decoration of bamboo. Specks on base. Recessed foot under base. Height 13.5 cm, Base diameter 6cm. From Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen Province), Arita, "Imari" ware.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Vase, accession number 9-12340, described as Flower vase, porcelain, for altar use (?). Narrow tapered cylinder with base, made to look like bamboo section with joint. Blue underglaze decoration of bamboo. Specks on base. Recessed foot under base. Height 13.5 cm, Base diameter 6cm. From Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen Province), Arita, "Imari" ware.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Vase, accession number 9-12340, described as Flower vase, porcelain, for altar use (?). Narrow tapered cylinder with base, made to look like bamboo section with joint. Blue underglaze decoration of bamboo. Specks on base. Recessed foot under base. Height 13.5 cm, Base diameter 6cm. From Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen Province), Arita, "Imari" ware.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Vase, accession number 9-12340, described as Flower vase, porcelain, for altar use (?). Narrow tapered cylinder with base, made to look like bamboo section with joint. Blue underglaze decoration of bamboo. Specks on base. Recessed foot under base. Height 13.5 cm, Base diameter 6cm. From Japan, Saga Prefecture (Hizen Province), Arita, "Imari" ware.

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