Ceramic Vessel

Name/Title

Ceramic Vessel

Entry/Object ID

FETE.025

Description

Earthquakes (1906 Earthquake)

Collection

History San Jose

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Ceramic

Height

12 in

Diameter

10 in

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

Vessel, 1888 Ceramic Courtesy History San Jose This vessel survived the 1906 earthquake at the Ng Shing Gung (Temple of the Five Gods) in San Jose’s Heinlenville Chinatown. Heinlenville, one of five Chinatowns in the city, was a center of Chinese-American business and cultural life through the early 20th-century.