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Seifū Yohei III
Water jar
1893 – 1914
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.515A&B
Clay vessel with a rounded bottom and a tall neck and handle. The bottom part of the vessel and handle are decorated with small holes and geometric patterns. The neck of the vessel is decorated with a face on both sides. The lips appear to be pursed and the eyes appear to be closed. The  half-circle ears stick out from the top of the neck, just below the rim of the vessel. On each cheek there are three horizontal marks with small holes. 
Yoruba (Yoruba (culture or style))
Vessel
1890 – 1920
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
2000/2.111
Flared base with rounded food storage bowl on top. The base is cut with evenly spaced rectangular holes. The lid is incised with a repeating herringbone, or dotted design. The know on the lid is the shape of a Buddhist canopy, or chattra.<br /> <br /> This is a dark blue-gray, high-fired stoneware lidded stem cup. The lid is crowned by a pearl-shaped knob, while both the inner and outer surfaces of lid have traces related to the attachment of the knob to the lid. A v-shaped pattern of engraved dots, made using a sixtooth comb, surrounds the central knob. The cup&rsquo;s flange slopes inwards and has a sharp edge. The cup body has a horizontal gallery that holds the lid in place. The stem is perforated by rectangular openings, below which is a sharply protruding circular raised band. Traces of rotation and water smoothing are visible on the body and stem of the cup. <p>[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017) p. 59]</p>
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Pedestal Bowl with Cover
5th century
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.169A&B
Large pedestal bowl with flaring mouth and base cut with evenly spaced triangular designs. Three side-by-side horizontal bands decorate the lip of the bowl, while six bands are spaced along the sides encompass the exterior of the bowl. In between these bands incised wavy lines stretch around the body horizontally.<br /> <br /> This is a well-fired, dark gray, bowl-shaped vessel stand. A set of two thick raised bands encircles the stand just below the rim, and three horizontal ridges divide the surface of the bowl below the bands. The sections divided by these bands and ridges have been decorated with wave designs rendered using a four-tooth comb. The bowl has an everted mouth and a round rim. The pedestal is also divided by raised bands into sections decorated with wave designs. Each of the upper two sections features five triangular perforations, while the lower sections feature five triangular perforations alternately offset from those of the sections above. The inner and outer surfaces show faint traces
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Large Pedestal Bowl or Stand
5th century
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.179

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Kettle—Used in Tea Ceremony
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1955/1.175
A short, round clay vessel, wide at the middle while narrowing toward the top and bottom. The top half of the vessel is decorated with  3 alternating human faces and 3 fish, perhaps mudfish.   There are also alternating columns and triangles around the top half, each decorated with various patterns of lines. The neck of the vessel is decorated with horizontal grooves. 
Yoruba (Yoruba (culture or style))
Pot
1900 – 1932
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
2000/2.108
Eight robed male figures, each with a halo, kneel before a v-shaped bench or rail. They face a male figure with a crossed halo that stands on the other side of the bench, holding a golden chalice in his left hand and a circular white wafer imprinted with a crucifixion scene in his right. An altar draped with a red cloth appears behind him. The entire scene is enframed within the letter &quot;C.&quot;
Dutch
Christ giving communion to the Apostles in an historiated initial "C"
1440 – 1460
Museum Purchase
1968/2.44
A circular cast metal vessel lid with a figural scene on top. Two seated male figures face each other, while both hold staffs and one wears a type of headdress. Between the figures sits a snake and a bowl. The top of the lid is also decorated with an axe, a crocodile or turtle, and spiral designs. 
Akan (Akan (culture or style))
Vessel Lid
19th century
Gift of Susan B. and John F. Ullrich
1998/1.123B
Brass vessel cast in a rounded bowl form. A small loop near the vessel's lip may have served as an attachment point for a hinged lid. The vessel has various geometric and curvilinear designs across the body. 
Akan (Akan (culture or style))
Vessel
20th century
Gift of Dr. Daniel and Sandra Mato
2003/2.33
This relatively flat bowl with slightly inward-flaring upright mouth has a protuberant rim to support the lid. The long and astragal-shaped foot is divided into two section, each bearing three square openworks at parallel position. The tip of the foot is long and slightly everted.<br /> <br /> This is a dark gray, high-fired stoneware lidded stem cup. There is knob atop of the lid, around which are a diagonal lines of dots. Below is also the same diagonal dotted lines but in an opposite direction. The cup is relatively shallow and partially dark brown in color. The pedestal is divided into upper and lower sections by a central raised band formed by two shallow incised horizontal lines. Three rectangular perforations in the upper section are vertically aligned with those of the lower section. <p>[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017) p.&nbsp;60]</p>
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Footed Shallow Bowl
5th century
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.165A&B
This grayish-blue stoneware jar has a globular body, round base and straight elongated neck. A little wide single ridges encircle the middle of the neck, dividing it into three sections, each engraved with a wave pattern. The base has two ridges encircled on the below part and triangular holes.<br /> <br /> This vessel was fired as a long-necked jar attached to the top of a bowl-shaped pedestal. The surfaces of the jar and pedestal display traces of natural glaze that was formed on the surface or flowed downwards. The long and slightly splayed neck of the jar is divided into three sections by raised bands, while each section is decorated with wave designs. The bowlshaped pedestal has a very shallow bowl section and a grooved edge. The pedestal has a flared profile and features triangular perforations in five places. Two raised bands surround the area below the perforations. <p>[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017) p. 56]</p> <br /> &nbsp;
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Round-bottomed jar with cover, fused to low ceremonial stand
5th century
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.167A&B
The convex lid has on its top a long knob which has three square perforations. The lid is decorated with vertical rows of gouged dots. The dish with a slightly inward-flaring and upright mouth is rather flat. The long and astragal-shaped foot is divided into two sections, each bearing three trapezoid perforations at alternating positions and decorated with wave design.<br /> <br /> This is a grayish black, high-fired stoneware lidded stem cup. A thin incised line encircles the upper surface of the lid, above and below which are vertical rows of dots. The cup&rsquo;s flange slopes inward, while the gallery that holds the lid in place is very short. The lip of the lid that covers the cup flange is relatively long and has a grooved edge. The cup has a long, trumpet-shaped stem and two tiers of perforations. The stem splays in a straight line and is divided into two sections by bands. The upper section is perforated by three openings, while the lower section is perforated by three rectangular openings alternate
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Pedestal Bowl with Cover
5th century
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.168A&B
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