jar
Description: vase, baluster shaped, lidded decorated with adults and children among rocks and bananas, "lidded vase, baluster form, adults and children among rocks and bananas, clear firmly drawn". "To an institution which, like the Auckland Museum, which has to depend so much on the personal efforts of its friends, it is no slight advantage to receive the active sympathy and constant assistance you have granted during many years; and which has always been so appropriately and gracefully tendered." So wrote Thomas Peacock, (President, Auckland Museum) in a letter to James Tannock Mackelvie on 18 August 1881. In 1934, the museum was enriched by the substantial loan of the collection of Auckland businessman, philanthropist and collector, James Tannock Mackelvie (born 1824, Scotland - died 1885, England). This guan or covered jar is an addition to Mackelvie's original collection that has benefited from judicious purchasing by his trustees, based on the spirit of the Mackelvie's original collection.
Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Date: 1967?Display Room: Arts of Asia GalleryDescription: vase, baluster shaped, lidded decorated with adults and children among rocks and bananas, "lidded vase, baluster form, adults and children among rocks and bananas, clear…