13 UMMA Objects
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Iranian (Iranian)
Bowl
1300 – 1499
Museum Purchase
1957/1.72
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
A flat bottomed, red earthenware bowl with rounded sides and everted rolled rim.  It is covered in green lead glaze, with iridescence and calcification. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Bowl
206 BCE – 220 CE
The Oliver J. Todd Memorial Collection
1974/1.173
A red earthenware, tall jar with a bulbous body, straight flaring neck with direct rim, and tall, slightly flared foot ring, with appliqué bands around the body and rim, and two animal mask decorations holding rings on opposing sides of the belly. It is covered in a green lead glaze with iridescence and calcification.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Jar
206 BCE – 220 CE
Museum purchase for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1964/2.67
A thickly potted stoneware globular jar on a wide footring and wide mouth, with a direct rim on a straight short neck.  There  is a vertical wavy band of "S's" around the shoulder, and the interior and half the exterior is covered in a translucent brown glaze.  
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Jar
1100 – 1399
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1973/2.28
A thickly potted stoneware small globular jar with a slightly narrower tall neck and an everted rim.  The exterior is combed with a series of closely aligned concentric semicircles on the front and back.  A row of bosses circles the neck, and the interior and upper third of the exterior is covered with a brown glaze 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Jar
1200 – 1399
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1973/2.27

Iranian (Iranian)
Bowl with openwork rim and modeled elephant and mahout
1100 – 1299
Museum Purchase
1957/1.58
This polychrome and glazed square tile is decorated with a symmetrical design of flowers and leaf arabesques in deep aubergine and yellow. It is covered in a lustrous glaze with black underglaze. The tile matches the style and decorative features of other 16th century Turkish tiles. 
Turkish
Tile
16th century
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1972/2.136

Syrian
Floor-table Tile Fragment
13th century
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1972/2.146
This is an earthenware globular ewer on a tall flaring footring. It has a tall flaring neck with a coil ear-shaped handle extending from shoulder to belly. An "S" shaped spout extends up from the lower belly, which is stamped with floral designs and covered in green, amber, and cream glazes. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Ewer
1900 – 1930
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1972/2.63
An earthenware figure of a zoomorphic form consisting of a lion-like body with strong hoofed feet, wings, horns, and a dragon-like face bearing teeth in its open mouth. It is seated on a rock-like base, and covered in amber, green, and cream runny glazes. One of a pair with 2004/2.132.2.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Tomb Guardian
675 – 750
Gift of Jiu-Hwa Lo Upshur in memory of Mrs. Wei-Djen D. Lo
2004/2.132.1
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