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BottleCe244

Clay bottle consisting of a globular body with a narrow neck, flat disk like rim. Sides of rim are slightly concave; flat handle connects rim and body at rear. Surface is light brown and slightly leached. Top of rim is decorated with a dark brown circle. Body decorated in quatrefoil pattern in front of a central vertical oval with a line through it; arrow head shaped designs pointing to either side and are filled in with black crosshatching. Radiating from central oval are four elongated teardrop designs; two projecting upwards, two downwards in shades of brown. Bottom decorated in simplified blossom pattern between teardrops projecting from front. Body below handle designed in dark brown consisting of intersecting lines.

Culture
Greek
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Corinth, Greece
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugCe242

Clay jug consisting of a globular body with a narrow neck and flaring rim. Flat basket-handle mounted vertically on rim and small flaring spout on body in line with handle rising at an angle. Clay is cream in colour with a light cream slip and decorated in brown paint that becomes reddish when thinly applied. Detailing consists of a line along the middle of handle; neck and side of rim painted; below neck are four horizontal lines then a reserve band decorated with teardrop shaped blobs becoming very light at times; below this are three horizontal lines then a large reserve area with three horizontal at foot. Spout-body junction decorated with a dark circle.

Culture
Greek
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Argos, Greece
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlIa284

Miniature blue and white bowl with a very slightly everted rim and a bevelled foot which is contiguous with base. Ring of underglazed blue chrysanthemums and wind blown leaves around the rim. Body is thinly glazed and base is unglazed. An adhesive with inked letter and numbers on the underside.

Culture
Philippines
Material
paint, glaze and clay
Made in
Leyte, Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlIa283

A miniature blue and white bowl with everted rim and a prominent foot which is squarely cut. The exterior surface is decorated with two sprays of chrysanthemums with spiral centres and windblown leaves. A single chrysanthemum adorns the centre while a leaf-like motif circles the interior rim. All decorations are in underglazed blue. The foot ring is shallow and bevelled. The centre of the bottom raises to a peak. Left unglazed, the foot ring and underside reveal a buff-coloured clay body.

Culture
Philippines
Material
glaze, paint and clay
Made in
Leyte, Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlEdz1414

A ceramic bowl that has a steeply rounded form with an everted lip. The white porcelaneous body is grey-brown with iron specks where fired. There is a high foot which has an unglazed foot rim. The base is conical, and glazed. Interior has a floral motif in the centre, sketchily painted underglazed in bright blue, and two blue lines at junction of bottom and wall, one just below lip. Exterior has six separate, freely painted but similar, scrolling leaf, petal and vine motifs in bright underglaze blue evenly distributed around bowl. The thick grey-white glaze has numerous bubbles with iron specks and bare spots and pools into thicker white over painting, greying the blue tone.

Culture
Chinese
Material
glaze, paint and clay
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA2538 a-c

Part a is a model totem pole which includes an eagle on top of a human holding a fish. Part b and c are wings detached from the body of the eagle. Part c has a white dot on the rectangular insert tab. Two nails secure the pole to a rectangular base.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxEj142 a-b

Box made of clay with base (a) and lid (b) that both have ten side panels. Both the lid and the base are glazed with dark grey and blue-grey triangular and leaf patterns bordered by lines on a light blue-grey ground. There is a small peak at the centre of the lid. The glaze is iron-speckled; the foot rim and base are unglazed, and there is a pontil mark on base; the box is glazed inside, and the lid is not. Junctions of panels marked by double lines in underglaze iron black.

Culture
Thai
Material
glaze, iron metal and clay
Made in
Sawankhalok, Sukhothai, Thailand ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Feast DishA6936

Long, wooden feast dish carved in the shape of an animal, with a deep, oval shaped bowl in the middle. The tail is paddle shaped and curves downward to join the body; it’s legs are carved in relief against the body, the feet support the bowl. An abstract design is painted on the tail. The exterior rim of the dish is painted with a continuous pattern of alternating opposing pairs of white semicircles with inset green triangles. Both sides of the object are painted with a large human face with a downturned mouth - the face is outlined in blue on a white background. Has been badly broken, and repaired.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
red cedar wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureCe239

Figure representing a female with a flared base, a pinched head with a flat top, and a flattened upper body with rounded sides and two protruding bumps representing breasts. Painted with black lines emphasizing the features of the face, a black band at the neck and waist, undulating vertical lines on the torso, and vertical lines on the base.

Culture
Greek: Mycenaean
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Greece
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DishEdz1418

A small glazed ceramic dish whose form curves up sharply from an unglazed foot. The base is recessed. The coarse body is a light yellow-brown where exposed. Glazed translucent and mainly clear, tinged with grey-green but pooling occasionally to a blue. Exterior is plain. Interior has floral and foliage motifs painted in underglaze blue, the whole enclosed by double blue lines at the junction of bottom and sides. A single blue line runs beneath the rim.

Culture
Chinese
Material
clay, glaze and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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