Tea bowl

Museum number:
9-12282
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012282
Alternate number:
1500 (original number) and Kerr 23 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.07
Description:
tea bowl, ceramic. half-ellipse shape on short vertical foot ring; thin rim. two simple bamboo-leaf designs in underglaze blue, opposite each other on outer side; on crackle white to pale celadon ground. clay body is gray, however two spots not covered by glaze on side are buff due to oxidation in firing. h. 6 cm., dia. 11.5 cm.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and George H. Kerr
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan; Seto, Owari Attr
Collector:
George H. Kerr
Collection date:
before 1957
Materials:
Celadon (glaze) (brushed on underglaze cobalt blue decoration) and Ceramic (material) (wheel thrown)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 6 centimeters and diameter 11.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tea bowl, accession number 9-12282, described as tea bowl, ceramic. half-ellipse shape on short vertical foot ring; thin rim. two simple bamboo-leaf designs in underglaze blue, opposite each other on outer side; on crackle white to pale celadon ground. clay body is gray, however two spots not covered by glaze on side are buff due to oxidation in firing. h. 6 cm., dia. 11.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tea bowl, accession number 9-12282, described as tea bowl, ceramic. half-ellipse shape on short vertical foot ring; thin rim. two simple bamboo-leaf designs in underglaze blue, opposite each other on outer side; on crackle white to pale celadon ground. clay body is gray, however two spots not covered by glaze on side are buff due to oxidation in firing. h. 6 cm., dia. 11.5 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tea bowl, accession number 9-12282, described as tea bowl, ceramic. half-ellipse shape on short vertical foot ring; thin rim. two simple bamboo-leaf designs in underglaze blue, opposite each other on outer side; on crackle white to pale celadon ground. clay body is gray, however two spots not covered by glaze on side are buff due to oxidation in firing. h. 6 cm., dia. 11.5 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tea bowl, accession number 9-12282, described as tea bowl, ceramic. half-ellipse shape on short vertical foot ring; thin rim. two simple bamboo-leaf designs in underglaze blue, opposite each other on outer side; on crackle white to pale celadon ground. clay body is gray, however two spots not covered by glaze on side are buff due to oxidation in firing. h. 6 cm., dia. 11.5 cm.

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