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UrnN2.1051 a-b

Two piece urn, with body (part a) and lid (part b). Made in the form of a palace, in a style called goten-gata zushigame (御殿型厨子甕). The top of the lid has two shachihoko (鯱鉾/鯱), a mythical sea creature with the head of a tiger or dragon, and the body of a fish; between them is a dragon head, with eight dragon heads at the corners. Parts of the inside are glazed brown. The interior is blue and yellow on white. The epitaphs called migachi or miigachi (ミガチ/ミーガチ/銘書) are in Okinawan on the front of the urn and also at the bottom of the lid and the urn.

Culture
Okinawan
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Okinawa, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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VaseN1.456 a-b

Vase has cylindrical neck and square body. Two handles are attached to neck. These have ta'o-t'ieh motifs. Rest of vase is decorated with floral design in blue on white. (Mark on bottom reads 'Made in Wan Li 1573-1619 of Ming Dynasty). Part b is a circular wooden stand with three feet.

Culture
Chinese
Material
clay, glaze and wood
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PillowN1.330

Ceramic pillow showing polychrome figures in various scenes. Top side has a scene of two robed women facing another with a basket or a bucket . Lower front side has a scene of a robed woman sitting on the right side of the left corner window with an outdoor plant on the bottom right corner. Under side has a scene of robed man facing a robed woman. Lower back side has a scene of robed woman sitting on the left side of the left oval window with a tree crossing the outside right corners. Green key pattern bordering edges. One end has an oval hole, and the other end has a cut out design of two overlapping circles.

Culture
Chinese
Material
clay
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotIh215

Egg-shaped cooking pot with small opening and short neck. There are three horizontal rings of dots incised around the lower neck. Signature is etched below the dots. Overall yellow-green with red-orange and black areas. Painted and glazed only in inner ring of mouth region. Rounded bottom.

Culture
Fijian
Material
resin, clay and paint
Made in
Nadroga-Navosa, Fiji
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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