Figurine

Museum number:
9-13464
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3802 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Figure, porcelain, 1 of 7 (of original 8) immortals; Represents Han Hsiang-tzu, with flute cradled in raised left arm; gable shaped hat, cross-tied long sleeved robe with blue sash, zig-zag triangle border, feet, flute and eyebrows on crackled white ground. Stands slightly bowed posture with one foot forward on flat topped, hollow, circular base with roiugh gouged veticial sides with blue spots. Traces of red on base. Many scratches and dirt spots. H. 22.5 cm, mx 9.5cm Porcelain, molded with blue underglaze decoration. Han Hsiang-tzu, one of the eight immortals, nephew of Han Yu a famous scholar who lived around A.D. 820; is credited with the power of making flowers grow and blossom instantaneously. His emblem is the flute, and he is the patron of muscians. See Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives by C.A.S. Williams p 155 One of a set of 7 (9-13465 - 70) UCDA 3801 missing.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Materials:
Porcelain (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines and Porcelain (visual works)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Figurine, accession number 9-13464, described as Figure, porcelain, 1 of 7 (of original 8) immortals; Represents Han Hsiang-tzu, with flute cradled in raised left arm; gable shaped hat, cross-tied long sleeved robe with blue sash, zig-zag triangle border, feet, flute and eyebrows on crackled white ground. Stands slightly bowed posture with one foot forward on flat topped, hollow, circular base with roiugh gouged veticial sides with blue spots. Traces of red on base. Many scratches and dirt spots. H. 22.5 cm, mx 9.5cm Porcelain, molded with blue underglaze decoration. Han Hsiang-tzu, one of the eight immortals, nephew of Han Yu a famous scholar who lived around A.D. 820; is credited with the power of making flowers grow and blossom instantaneously. His emblem is the flute, and he is the patron of muscians. See Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives by C.A.S. Williams p 155 One of a set of 7 (9-13465 - 70) UCDA 3801 missing.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Figurine, accession number 9-13464, described as Figure, porcelain, 1 of 7 (of original 8) immortals; Represents Han Hsiang-tzu, with flute cradled in raised left arm; gable shaped hat, cross-tied long sleeved robe with blue sash, zig-zag triangle border, feet, flute and eyebrows on crackled white ground. Stands slightly bowed posture with one foot forward on flat topped, hollow, circular base with roiugh gouged veticial sides with blue spots. Traces of red on base. Many scratches and dirt spots. H. 22.5 cm, mx 9.5cm Porcelain, molded with blue underglaze decoration. Han Hsiang-tzu, one of the eight immortals, nephew of Han Yu a famous scholar who lived around A.D. 820; is credited with the power of making flowers grow and blossom instantaneously. His emblem is the flute, and he is the patron of muscians. See Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives by C.A.S. Williams p 155 One of a set of 7 (9-13465 - 70) UCDA 3801 missing.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Figurine, accession number 9-13464, described as Figure, porcelain, 1 of 7 (of original 8) immortals; Represents Han Hsiang-tzu, with flute cradled in raised left arm; gable shaped hat, cross-tied long sleeved robe with blue sash, zig-zag triangle border, feet, flute and eyebrows on crackled white ground. Stands slightly bowed posture with one foot forward on flat topped, hollow, circular base with roiugh gouged veticial sides with blue spots. Traces of red on base. Many scratches and dirt spots. H. 22.5 cm, mx 9.5cm Porcelain, molded with blue underglaze decoration. Han Hsiang-tzu, one of the eight immortals, nephew of Han Yu a famous scholar who lived around A.D. 820; is credited with the power of making flowers grow and blossom instantaneously. His emblem is the flute, and he is the patron of muscians. See Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives by C.A.S. Williams p 155 One of a set of 7 (9-13465 - 70) UCDA 3801 missing.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Figurine, accession number 9-13464, described as Figure, porcelain, 1 of 7 (of original 8) immortals; Represents Han Hsiang-tzu, with flute cradled in raised left arm; gable shaped hat, cross-tied long sleeved robe with blue sash, zig-zag triangle border, feet, flute and eyebrows on crackled white ground. Stands slightly bowed posture with one foot forward on flat topped, hollow, circular base with roiugh gouged veticial sides with blue spots. Traces of red on base. Many scratches and dirt spots. H. 22.5 cm, mx 9.5cm Porcelain, molded with blue underglaze decoration. Han Hsiang-tzu, one of the eight immortals, nephew of Han Yu a famous scholar who lived around A.D. 820; is credited with the power of making flowers grow and blossom instantaneously. His emblem is the flute, and he is the patron of muscians. See Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives by C.A.S. Williams p 155 One of a set of 7 (9-13465 - 70) UCDA 3801 missing.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Figurine, accession number 9-13464, described as Figure, porcelain, 1 of 7 (of original 8) immortals; Represents Han Hsiang-tzu, with flute cradled in raised left arm; gable shaped hat, cross-tied long sleeved robe with blue sash, zig-zag triangle border, feet, flute and eyebrows on crackled white ground. Stands slightly bowed posture with one foot forward on flat topped, hollow, circular base with roiugh gouged veticial sides with blue spots. Traces of red on base. Many scratches and dirt spots. H. 22.5 cm, mx 9.5cm Porcelain, molded with blue underglaze decoration. Han Hsiang-tzu, one of the eight immortals, nephew of Han Yu a famous scholar who lived around A.D. 820; is credited with the power of making flowers grow and blossom instantaneously. His emblem is the flute, and he is the patron of muscians. See Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives by C.A.S. Williams p 155 One of a set of 7 (9-13465 - 70) UCDA 3801 missing.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Figurine, accession number 9-13464, described as Figure, porcelain, 1 of 7 (of original 8) immortals; Represents Han Hsiang-tzu, with flute cradled in raised left arm; gable shaped hat, cross-tied long sleeved robe with blue sash, zig-zag triangle border, feet, flute and eyebrows on crackled white ground. Stands slightly bowed posture with one foot forward on flat topped, hollow, circular base with roiugh gouged veticial sides with blue spots. Traces of red on base. Many scratches and dirt spots. H. 22.5 cm, mx 9.5cm Porcelain, molded with blue underglaze decoration. Han Hsiang-tzu, one of the eight immortals, nephew of Han Yu a famous scholar who lived around A.D. 820; is credited with the power of making flowers grow and blossom instantaneously. His emblem is the flute, and he is the patron of muscians. See Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives by C.A.S. Williams p 155 One of a set of 7 (9-13465 - 70) UCDA 3801 missing.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 9-13464, described as Figure, porcelain, 1 of 7 (of original 8) immortals; Represents Han Hsiang-tzu, with flute cradled in raised left arm; gable shaped hat, cross-tied long sleeved robe with blue sash, zig-zag triangle border, feet, flute and eyebrows on crackled white ground. Stands slightly bowed posture with one foot forward on flat topped, hollow, circular base with roiugh gouged veticial sides with blue spots. Traces of red on base. Many scratches and dirt spots. H. 22.5 cm, mx 9.5cm Porcelain, molded with blue underglaze decoration. Han Hsiang-tzu, one of the eight immortals, nephew of Han Yu a famous scholar who lived around A.D. 820; is credited with the power of making flowers grow and blossom instantaneously. His emblem is the flute, and he is the patron of muscians. See Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives by C.A.S. Williams p 155 One of a set of 7 (9-13465 - 70) UCDA 3801 missing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 9-13464, described as Figure, porcelain, 1 of 7 (of original 8) immortals; Represents Han Hsiang-tzu, with flute cradled in raised left arm; gable shaped hat, cross-tied long sleeved robe with blue sash, zig-zag triangle border, feet, flute and eyebrows on crackled white ground. Stands slightly bowed posture with one foot forward on flat topped, hollow, circular base with roiugh gouged veticial sides with blue spots. Traces of red on base. Many scratches and dirt spots. H. 22.5 cm, mx 9.5cm Porcelain, molded with blue underglaze decoration. Han Hsiang-tzu, one of the eight immortals, nephew of Han Yu a famous scholar who lived around A.D. 820; is credited with the power of making flowers grow and blossom instantaneously. His emblem is the flute, and he is the patron of muscians. See Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives by C.A.S. Williams p 155 One of a set of 7 (9-13465 - 70) UCDA 3801 missing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 9-13464, described as Figure, porcelain, 1 of 7 (of original 8) immortals; Represents Han Hsiang-tzu, with flute cradled in raised left arm; gable shaped hat, cross-tied long sleeved robe with blue sash, zig-zag triangle border, feet, flute and eyebrows on crackled white ground. Stands slightly bowed posture with one foot forward on flat topped, hollow, circular base with roiugh gouged veticial sides with blue spots. Traces of red on base. Many scratches and dirt spots. H. 22.5 cm, mx 9.5cm Porcelain, molded with blue underglaze decoration. Han Hsiang-tzu, one of the eight immortals, nephew of Han Yu a famous scholar who lived around A.D. 820; is credited with the power of making flowers grow and blossom instantaneously. His emblem is the flute, and he is the patron of muscians. See Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives by C.A.S. Williams p 155 One of a set of 7 (9-13465 - 70) UCDA 3801 missing.

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