21 UMMA Objects
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A tall stoneware ovoid bottle on a straight footring with a narrow, short, flaring neck and a direct rim. It has four loop handles connecting the neck to shoulder, incised with floral decoration, and the upper half of the body is covered in green, amber, and yellow polychrome glazes. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Bottle
1271 – 1368
Museum purchase for the Paul Leroy Grigaut Memorial Collection
1969/2.152
A white earthenware box where the cover and the body are almost identical in form, the entire vessel of a short cylindrical from with flat top, with subtle articulation at the shoulder, on a shallow footring.  It is covered in blue, amber, and green glazes applied in a splotchy manner. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Box
936 – 1125
Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing
2006/2.50A&B
An earthenware sancai three-color glazed figure of a man wearing a long green robe and tall black hat. He is carrying an amber-glazed rectangular box over the top of an amber-glazed tasseled sash that covers his hands, and is standing on a green- and amber-glazed octagonal dais. His face is painted in polychrome mineral pigments, and his head was sculpted separately from the body.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Male Attendant
1368 – 1644
Gift of Jiu-Hwa Lo Upshur
2009/2.105A&B
An earthenware figure of a small bird, seated with head raised and resting on its tail, stretched out behind. The figure is covered in amber and green glazes. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Small bird
618 – 906
Gift of Toshiko Ogita in memory of Tomoo Ogita
1987/1.289
A pair of green glazed rectangular chests on amber glazed dais, with amber central locks and handles on opposing sides.  
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Pair of Chests
1368 – 1644
Gift of Jiu-Hwa Lo Upshur
2008/2.281
An earthenware miniature amber-glazed basin on a four legged green-glazed stand that mimics wooden furniture, on an unglazed slab base. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Basin on Stand
1368 – 1644
Gift of Jiu-Hwa Lo Upshur
2008/2.282
This earthenware sancai-glazed figure of a male attendant is standing on an octagonal cream and green dais, wearing a long green tunic over an amber-colored underrobe, with amber and green sleeves, carrying an amber-glazed bowl. His hair, hat and face are painted with polychrome mineral pigments, and his tall hat painted to match his garments in an orange-amber color. The head has been sculpted and painted separately from the body.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Male Attendant
1368 – 1644
Gift of Jiu-Hwa Lo Upshur
2009/2.106A&B
A ceramic funerary sculpture in the shape of a small green sitting bird.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Small Bird
618 – 906
Gift of Toshiko Ogita in memory of Tomoo Ogita
1987/1.288
An earthenware female figure with three-color polychrome glazes, wearing a green tunic over a long amber skirt, green trousers and boots on a platform, carrying a round box, her hair pulled up in a top-knot and her face painted with polychrome mineral pigments. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Female Figure
1368 – 1644
Gift of Domino's Pizza, Inc.
1993/1.107
A set of five polychrome glazed male attendants carrying a sedan chair (2001/2.276).  One leads the procession while four carry the chair, all are on a platform. The leader is dressed in long green robes, and is carrying a rectangular box in front of him.  His hands are covered with a tassled scarf, and he is wearing a tall black hat.  His face is painted in polychrome mineral pigments.  The four attendants mirror each other: two on each side, their inside hands holding the sedan, outside hands at their sides, wearing long green robes and tall conical black hats. Their faces are painted with mineral pigments.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Five Attendants
1368 – 1644
Gift of Jiu-Hwa Lo Upshur
2008/2.275.1-5
This is an earthenware miniature table with black legs, glazed in brown and amber. It has five objects placed on the table in two rows - three in back and two in front. In the back row is a central bowl holding a green duck, flanked by two other bowls holding what looks like logs of firewood and split bamboo. In the front row are two bowls stacked high with round fruit. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Altar Table with Five Offerings
1368 – 1644
Gift of Jiu-Hwa Lo Upshur
2008/2.278
An earthenware miniature standing screen, mimicking wooden construction, with two vertical support beams and three cross beams on a platform with support brackets at the base.  There are finials at the top on both sides, and it is glazed in green and amber.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Screen on Plinth with Finials
1368 – 1644
Gift of Jiu-Hwa Lo Upshur
2008/2.280
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