Exchange: F18 09/07 - Maize and Blue Study Cases

F18 09/07 - Maize and Blue Study Cases

Kyllikki Salmenhaara
Vase
stoneware
11 13/16 x 11 1/8 x 10 7/8 in. (29.9 x 28.2 x 27.62 cm)
Museum Purchase

A porcelain, bottle-shaped vase with globular body and tall flaring footring. The tall flaring neck has a protruding flange below two globular bulbs at the lower portion of the neck. It is covered in powder blue underglaze with four reserves, two cirular and two rectangular, placed around the body. The white base has underglaze blue double circles, covered in a clear glaze and the round reserves are painted with polychrome overglaze enamels to depict a <em>qilin</em> and a lion in landscapes. This alternates with birds among flowering branches in the rectangular reserves. The body is covered in powder blue ground with overglaze gold enamel floral sprays and banana leaf lappets around the neck. There is a paper label with "Chait Galleries New York" applied to base. <br />
It is part of a ten-piece garniture set which includes: jars 1982/1.206A, 1982/1.206B, 1982/1.206C, 1982/1.207A, 1982/1.207B, and 1982/1.207C; vases, 1982/1.208, 1982/1.215, 1982/1.216, 1982/1.220; plates, 1982/1.212, 1982/1.213 and bowls, 1

Chinese
Vase
porcelain with glaze
10 7/8 in x 4 in (27.62 cm x 10.2 cm);12 1/4 in x 6 11/16 in x 6 11/16 in (31.2 cm x 17 cm x 17 cm)
Gift of the Estate of Hobart Taylor, Jr.

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Japanese
Gourd Shaped Vase
porcelain with blue underglaze painting
8 3/4 in. x 5 in. x 5 in. ( 22.23 cm x 12.7 cm x 12.7 cm )
Transfer from the School of Art and the College of Architecture and Urban Planning.

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Japanese
Covered Two-handled Jar, Shigaraki Ware (?)
stoneware with blue-black glaze
7 5/8 in. ( 19.37 cm )
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design

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A small, bright blue inkwell. The base is glass and square shaped, while the lid is cut crystal.

Artist Unknown
Electric blue tiny inkwell, square base, attached cut-crystal lid
glass, metal
1 15/16 in. x 1 3/16 in. x 1 3/16 in. ( 5 cm x 3 cm x 3 cm )
Gift in loving memory of Donald Maxwell Robiner from his family

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This is a yellow cut crystal inkwell with a metal collar. The body is a cube shape with cut corners and the round cap has a multifaceted surface.<br />

Artist Unknown
Crystal canary yellow inkwell, cut corners
glass, metal
3 9/16 in. x 2 3/4 in. x 2 3/4 in. ( 9 cm x 7 cm x 7 cm )
Gift in loving memory of Donald Maxwell Robiner from his family

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Italian
Majolica Platter
earthenware with tin glaze
x 15 15/16 in x 2 9/16 in x 40.48 cm x 6.51 cm;x 2 9/16 in x 6.51 cm
Gift of Dr. Cecile L. Fusfeld

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A cast brass container with a round body and a short neck. The stopper is connected to the bottle by a string with brass, yellow, and blue beads. The body of the container is decorated with a grid-like pattern and an undulating line around the top and bottom edge. The top edge of the neck has a rope or braid-like pattern.

Container
brass, glass beads, string, and wood
4 15/16 in x 1 15/16 in (12.54 cm x 4.92 cm)
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis

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Edwin and Mary Scheier
Bowl
stoneware with yellow green glaze
4 9/16 x 5 15/16 x 5 15/16 in. (11.5 x 15 x 15 cm)
Gift of Professor Charles H. and Katharine C. Sawyer

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Ndebele; Zambian
Beaded Doll
fiber, glass beads and thread
8 1/4 in x 4 1/2 in (21 cm x 11.5 cm)
Gift of Avery Z. Eliscu

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Blue anodized aluminum with two laser-cut abstract shapes and red, yellow, black, and white screen-printed designs, some based on the shape of the floorplan of the UM Duderstadt Center.

Sam Gilliam
Sample Anodized Aluminum with Screenprint
screenprint on aluminum
7 11/16 in x 14 3/8 in x 3/16 in (19.53 cm x 36.51 cm x 0.48 cm);7 11/16 in x 14 3/8 in x 3/16 in (19.53 cm x 36.51 cm x 0.48 cm)
Transfer from the University of Michigan Art, Architecture and Engineering Libraries

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Artist Unknown; John A. Foster
Plate with yellowish smeared glaze on top
stoneware
⅝ in x 9 3/10 in (1.59 cm x 23.65 cm)
Gift of John A. Foster

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