Lime pot with a handle in the shape of areca fruit / Kiln Unknown, Vietnam
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- Accession Number
- 1991/1.99
- Title
- Lime pot with a handle in the shape of areca fruit
- Artist
- Kiln Unknown, Vietnam
- Artist Nationality
- Vietnamese
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with green and crackled white glaze
- Object Creation Date
- 16th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Vietnam (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Vietnam (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Helmut Stern
- Dimensions
- 10.4 cm x 8.3 cm x 8.3 cm (4 1/8 in. x 3 1/4 in. x 3 1/4 in.)
- Century
- 16th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- jar
- Physical Description
- A small container made by inverting a wheel-thrown jar with a rounded bottom, cutting out a circle in the new 'shoulder' of the jar, and attaching a flat bottom. The handle, which is simply attached at both ends, takes the form of an areca fruit. The vessel as a whole has a pale straw-colored glaze, with a rich green iron glaze dripped over the handle and the upper part of the pot.
- Subject Matter
- A small pot for holding powdered lime (calcium oxide), an ingredient mixed with betel nuts and spices to make a popular stimulant used extensively in Vietnam and other parts of South and Southeast Asia.
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- design elements
- fruit
- inorganic material
- materials
- materials by composition
- materials by origin
- motifs
- nut (plant material)
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- plant material
- pottery (object genre)
- vessels
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 456 x 520
- File Size
- 23 KB
- Record
- 1991/1.99
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"Lime pot with a handle in the shape of areca fruit; Kiln Unknown, Vietnam." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1991-sl-1.99/1991_1.99.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 11, 2024.
