Water Holder For Writing Desk. Porcelain Waterpot.
name: label: Collector
content: Harold I. Sewall
label: Donor Name
content: Harold I. Sewall
notes: label: Notes
content: THERE ARE TWO CATALOGUE CARDS FOR THIS OBJECT. FROM CARD A: "THESE LITTLE SEMI-SPHERICAL RECEPTACLES ARE USED ON THE CHINESE WRITING TABLE TO HOLD WATER FOR THE INK PAD AND ARE FREQUENTLY GEMS OF CERAMIC ART. THE COLOR ON THIS PIECE IS OF VERY FINE QUALITY. THE DRAWING IS ALSO EXCELLENT. THE SCENE DEPICTED IS A LADY AND CHILD LEAVING HOME. PIECE IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE KANG-HSI PERIOD. NO MARK." CARD A IDENTIFIES OBJECT AS CHINESE. FROM CARD B (WHICH IS NEWER THAN CARD A): "ALMOST CYLINDRICAL JAR SLOPING IN TO A SMALL TOP OPENING. WHITE PORCELAIN DECORATED IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITH A SCENE ? OF A MOTHER TAKING BOY OFF TO SCHOOL AS FATHER WATCHES THEM GO?" CARD B IDENTIFIES OBJECT AS JAPANESE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: China / Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 010548
label: USNM Number
content: EL3842-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Water Pot
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 3.8 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 6.3 cm