Porcelain Cake Jar (Kashi-Bachi)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Mar 1859
name: label: Donor Name
content: Emperor Of Japan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "IMARI WHITE PORCELAIN. DEEP CYLINDRICAL COVERED BOX, WITH SLIGHTLY EXTENDED RIM AT THE BOTTOM. SLIGHTLY RAISED FLAT COVER THAT EXTENDS SLIGHTLY BEYOND THE DIAMETER OF THE BASE (BODY). DECORATION IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE - ALMOST THE ENTIRE SURFACE WITH CRANES IN FLIGHT, EXCEPT AROUND THE BOTTOM WHERE THERE IS A BAND OF VERTICAL ARCH-LIKE DESIGNS. NO MARK. LOAN: DIV. OF NAVAL HISTORY, MHT, MAY 19, 1965. RETURNED 1/20/1967, ON LOAN FOR EXHIBIT PURPOSES TO DIV. OF NAVAL HISTORY 5/11/1971."
label: Notes
content: See Chang-Su Houchins. 1995. Artifacts of Diplomacy: Smithsonian Collections from Commodore Matthew Perry's Japan Expedition (1853-1854). Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, Number 37. P 55
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Dec 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Arita, Kyushu / Hizen, Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 199043
label: USNM Number
content: E107-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cake Jar
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 17.5 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 26 cm
label: Height
content: 17.5 cm
label: Depth
content: 26 cm