Name/Title
Vase with flowers and Japanese signature, from 2237 San Jose Ave, c. 1900Entry/Object ID
2003.76.1Description
ACC. NO. 03.76.1
SUBJECT OR CATEGORY: HOUSEHOLD, DECORATIVE
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1890's - EARLY 1900's
OBJECT: VASE
DESCRIPTION:
LARGE GLAZED EARTHENWARE VASE, WITH MULTI-COLORED HAND-PAINTED FLOWERS ON A BLUE-COLORED BACKGROUND. VASE HAS PSEUDO ELEPHANT HEAD HANDLES. BASE HAS JAPANESE CHARACTERS AS A SIGNATURE. FLARED RIM HAS BEEN REPAIRED.
SIZE: HEIGHT - 18"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
VASE FOUND IN THE HOME OF THE DONOR'S MOTHER AT 2237 SAN JOSE AVENUE, ALAMEDA; ERECTED IN 1899. THE DONOR'S MOTHER, GANDYRA, BOUGHT SEVERAL PIECES OF PROPERTY IN THE AREA ON SAN JOSE AVENUE, AND WAS A LONG-TIME RESIDENT THERE. THE HOME WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED BY JULIUS F FASSETT.
DONOR:
ELIZABETH BECHTOLD
CATALOGED: AUGUST 16, 2003
