8 UMMA Objects
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Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Ding (tripod vessel) with cover, in a squat spherical shape
9794 BCE – 220 CE
Museum purchase for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1964/2.88

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Ding (tripod vessel) and lid, with interlace design
9229 BCE
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1972/2.98A&B
"A Persian inscription is incised into the broad band of lustre decorating the vessel's rim. The main element in the decoration is a loosely drawn eight-pointed star from which a further series of eight- and sixteen-pointed stars are generated; beyond them are registers filled with medallions and cartouches. This structure, unusual in ceramic decor, is reminiscent of that found on metalwork vessels of this same period from Iran."<br />
 
Iranian (Iranian)
Bowl with radial design and inscribed rim
1200 – 1232
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1961/1.186
This maiolica dish is covered by a radial pattern consisting of abstract leaves and curling tendrils punctuated with flowers all centered around a yellow disk in the center of the well. The harmony of the design stems from radial symmetry of the pattern as well as the restricted palette of blue and a soft brass-yellow.
Italian
Dish
1500 – 1525
The Paul Leroy Grigaut Memorial Collection
1969/2.38
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. &nbsp;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

Syrian
Bowl
19th century
Transfer from the School of Art and the College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
1997/1.210

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Ding (tripod vessel) with lid, in the shape of a squat sphere (lid cracked)
9229 BCE
Bequest of Charles F. Remer
1974/2.39
Dark purple glaze with white on the rim.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Dark blue plate, Qianlong mark and period (pair with UA2002.66)
1736 – 1795
Gift of the William T. and Dora G. Hunter Collection
UA2002.65
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