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BowlEdz4324

A bowl with everted rim and foot ring. The exterior surface is decorated with four gilt bordered medallions with various landscape scenes against a blue enamel background of scrolled clouds and incised feather motifs. The medallions recount scenes from the legend of the spinning maid and the cowherd. One medallion depicts a female figure encircled by scrolling clouds standing on a bridge of magpies while another depicts a male figure encircled by scrolling clouds on a cow atop a bridge of magpies. The remaining two medallions each depict the couple within a garden scene of gazebo, trees, rocks and stars. The interior is painted in underglazed blue with the couple and cow within a garden scene in a central medallion. Scrolling clouds and birds decorate the side. Bottom of bowl has a hand painted six character seal in underglazed blue and two pieces of adhesives each with handwritten inked words and numbers. Seal mark is that of the Qing Dynasty, Tao Kuang reign.

Culture
Chinese
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlEd1.286

Stoneware bowl (chām; ชามl) with slip and painted decoration under the glaze. The sides curve up from the foot, flaring sharply to an everted lip; foot and base unglazed; body, coarse medium grey stoneware. Exterior: broad band of painted white slip, stamped with two rows of small sunburst motifs in blue, enclosed top and bottom with two broad bands of plain white slip. Interior: one broad band of plain white slip, surrounded by a band stamped with one row of stylized sunburst motifs, encloses plain centre at bottom; walls are the same as the exterior, except for triple bands of plain slip below the lip. The bottom surface of the interior exposes grey body between slipped bands.

Culture
Thai
Material
paint, clay and glaze
Made in
Sukhothai, Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JarletEdz1584 a-b

A predominantly blue, round, neckless jar with domed lid topped with a small hard relief peach with leaves. The mouth of the jar is nearly as wide as the diameter and has a small sloping rim. The enamelled glaze is thickly applied with stylized peonies alternating with flowering plants and three bats over stone chimes. These motifs are outlined in black and also decorate the domed lid. The interior surfaces are white and undecorated. Four character seal mark at bottom of jar. Two Chinese characters on jar rim and repeated on lid rim. The Chinese characters on jar and lid rim translate to twenty-three. The seal is unidentified.

Culture
Chinese
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DishEdz1039

Dish with high, outward-slanting sides and raised foot ring. Decoration in on interior and consists of cursory blue brush strokes possibly representing a Chinese character encircled and a small character consisting of two squares, one above the other, scratched through the glaze encircled by a lighter blue ring and then an unglazed ring. The sides have two green designs on opposite sides. Unglazed ring above foot reveals reddish body.

Culture
Chinese
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Macau
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DishEdz1037

Dish with flared sides on raised foot ring. Grey-green glaze with cursory brushed flourishes and concentric circles of darker green. Unglazed ring above foot reveals reddish body.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Chik Wai Koon, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DishIa301

A small shallow repaired celadon dish with one large and a few small missing pieces on rim. The glaze is glassy, smooth, crackled and covers the entire dish except the underside and a little of the foot ring. The centre is moulded with a single floral design. A finely textured grey body is revealed at the chipped areas. There is a prominent ridge at the base where the side joins the foot ring. A set of inked letter and numbers is written on the underside.

Culture
Philippines
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Leyte, Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CupCe225

Deep, red clay bowl with vertical sides and undifferentiated rim. Base separated from body with narrow scotia. Two ring handles round in section emerge from body horizontally just below rim. Body of cup is covered with black glaze except for underside of base, which is left reserved except for outer edge and two circles around a central dot.

Culture
Greek
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Boeotia, Greece
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlCe224

Cream clay bowl with black glaze. The bowl is shallow with a wide mouth and a rounded rim. The base is thin and disc shaped.

Culture
Greek
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Greece
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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One Handled BowlCe223

Black glazed, clay bowl with a shallow bowl, a single handle, bottom reserved. Handle is oval shaped and is mounted at level to the rim, extending horizontally. Base small and flared to edge.

Culture
Greek
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Greece
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CupCe222

Small, red, clay cup with deep bowl and vertical sides. Base separated from body by narrow scotia. Two ring handles, circular in section rise from body horizontally at rim. Surface of cup painted with a thick black paint. Underside of base reserved with a black ring.

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