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JugM1.26

Jug made of red, fairly gritty clay, glazed with white filling in incising. Pyriform body, narrow cylindrical neck. Small bell rim. Handle from rim to shoulder. The decoration consists of two groups of five encircling grooves on neck; two groups of seven encircling grooves on body. These flank a large vertical zigzag pattern made up of six parallel lines.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Urn LidN2.1050

Blue glazed ceramic lid from a funerary urn. The large rectangular lid is in shape of a palace roof. The upper ridge has a pair of three-dimensional creatures called shachihoko (鯱鉾/鯱), a mythical sea creature with the head of a tiger or dragon and the body of a fish, protruding upward at each end. Between them on the front is a dragon head. The epitaph, called migachi or miigachi (ミガチ/ミーガチ/銘書) in Okinawan, is written along the bottom of the lid.

Culture
Okinawan
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Okinawa, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Urn LidN2.1048

Large ceramic lid from a funerary urn. The recangular lid is in the shape of a palace roof. At the end of the ridge of the roof are three-dimensional shachihoko (鯱鉾/鯱), a mythical sea creature with the head of a tiger or dragon and the body of a fish, projecting upward. On both sides are the heads of shishi (獅子), a mythical guardian lion, protruding outward. Glaze colours are predominantly turquoise and brown. The epitaph called migachi or miigachi (ミガチ/ミーガチ/銘書) in Okinawan is on the bottom of the urn lid.

Culture
Okinawan
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Okinawa, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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UrnN2.1047 a-b

Two piece urn, with body (part a) and lid (part b). Made in a style called goten-gata zushigame (御殿型厨子甕), an urn in the form of a palace. On the front are two Buddhist figures, each in the centre of a lotus, in relief, in turquoise on a dark brown ground. On the top of the lid, are two three-dimensional shachihoko (鯱鉾/鯱), a mythical sea creature with the head of a tiger or dragon and the body of a fish. On the front is an epitaph, called migachi or miigachi (ミガチ/ミーガチ/銘書) in Okinawan. There is another migachi under the lid.

Culture
Okinawan
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Okinawa, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TrayN2.1106

Four sided rectangular tray on four short legs. Corners are slightly indented. Outside: White floral design and key pattern border on a green ground. Inside: Eleven unglazed spots on white ground. Unmarked.

Culture
Japanese
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DishN2.880

Deer and cloud patterns, top border consists of scrolls. Blue on white, unmarked, for bonsai or flower arranging.

Culture
Japanese
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BottleN2.304

Green and brown glazed bottle shaped like a crescent moon on its side. Bottle has two handle attachments in front and two openings on top--a central bottle neck-like opening and a smaller spout-like opening in one corner.

Culture
Okinawan
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Okinawa, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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VaseN1.288 a-b

A vase (part a) that is square in cross-section with round base and neck. Panels of "pa kua" or trigrams in relief. Thin yellow glaze. With wood stand (part b).

Culture
Chinese
Material
clay and wood
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CupN1.103

Square, pale white-green cup with flaring sides and a small, angular handle. Flowers in green, white and red on one side of cup. Orange seal mark underneath is a household mark. 1930's style.

Culture
Chinese
Material
clay, glaze and enamel ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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VaseN1.129 a-b

White vase, lozenge-shaped in cross-section, with elaborate polychrome designs on the sides. Panels in the centre of each side--which alternate between elaborate red linear and blue floral backgrounds--feature flowers, birds, and landscape scenes. Part b is a lozenge-shaped wooden stand with four feet.

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