Jar

Museum number:
9-12262
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012262
Alternate number:
1482 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.07
Description:
Jar, ceramic, for holding salt, squat shape with slight shoulder, bulging midriff, short straight narrower neck and turned out squared lip, glossy brown glaze runs over most of the body exposing a blue-white opaque color at the base, blue-green zig zag brush strokes on midriff have been nearly obliterated by runniness resulting in brilliant spots of blue, crackled throughout, brown interior, buff clay body with gray slip applied over it. Height 12.5 cm, mouth diameter 12 cm
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and George H. Kerr
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan; Kasama; Attr
Collection date:
1957
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Jars
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 9-12262, described as Jar, ceramic, for holding salt, squat shape with slight shoulder, bulging midriff, short straight narrower neck and turned out squared lip, glossy brown glaze runs over most of the body exposing a blue-white opaque color at the base, blue-green zig zag brush strokes on midriff have been nearly obliterated by runniness resulting in brilliant spots of blue, crackled throughout, brown interior, buff clay body with gray slip applied over it. Height 12.5 cm, mouth diameter 12 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 9-12262, described as Jar, ceramic, for holding salt, squat shape with slight shoulder, bulging midriff, short straight narrower neck and turned out squared lip, glossy brown glaze runs over most of the body exposing a blue-white opaque color at the base, blue-green zig zag brush strokes on midriff have been nearly obliterated by runniness resulting in brilliant spots of blue, crackled throughout, brown interior, buff clay body with gray slip applied over it. Height 12.5 cm, mouth diameter 12 cmDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 9-12262, described as Jar, ceramic, for holding salt, squat shape with slight shoulder, bulging midriff, short straight narrower neck and turned out squared lip, glossy brown glaze runs over most of the body exposing a blue-white opaque color at the base, blue-green zig zag brush strokes on midriff have been nearly obliterated by runniness resulting in brilliant spots of blue, crackled throughout, brown interior, buff clay body with gray slip applied over it. Height 12.5 cm, mouth diameter 12 cmDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Jar, accession number 9-12262, described as Jar, ceramic, for holding salt, squat shape with slight shoulder, bulging midriff, short straight narrower neck and turned out squared lip, glossy brown glaze runs over most of the body exposing a blue-white opaque color at the base, blue-green zig zag brush strokes on midriff have been nearly obliterated by runniness resulting in brilliant spots of blue, crackled throughout, brown interior, buff clay body with gray slip applied over it. Height 12.5 cm, mouth diameter 12 cm

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