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Artist Unknown, Gandhara (Ancient Pakistan and Afghanistan)
Turbaned head of a male figure, Hadda type (Afghanistan)
200 – 499
Museum purchase for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1961/2.84
It has a outward-turned rim. The side of the body is becoming narrow in the base. The bottem is flat.<br /> <br /> This yellowish brown, bowl-shaped, low-fired earthenware vessel is made from fine clay mixed with fine sand particles. It has no neck. The mouth is slightly everted while the rim is generally flat and features some grooves. The body is widest towards the upper-middle section, and the flat base is rounded where it joins the body. Parts of the vessel feature a paddled pattern which suggests that the surface was first paddled and then smoothed with water on a rotary device.<br /> [Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017) p. 44]<br /> &nbsp;
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Bowl with flat bottom and flat rolled rim
300 – 499
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.160
It has a flat base and straight body. The body is divided with incised lines and each section is embellished with a simple wave design. A pair of D-shaped handles is attached to the body. Its lid features a hemispheric body surmounted by a button-shaped knob.<br /> <br /> This is a set consisting of a dark gray, high-fired stoneware bowl and its lid. The lid is crowned with a button-shaped knob at its center, which is encircled by two thinly incised lines drawn by a multitooth comb. These lines divide the lid&rsquo;s surface into inner and outer sections, to both of which wave designs have been applied. On each side of the bowl, a long, narrow, band-shaped handle is attached vertically and symmetrically. The base of the bowl is flat, while the part where the base and body of the bowl meet is rounded. The bowl gradually flares upwards. Three broad raised bands surround three parts of the body. A wave design is rendered between each band. Faint traces of paddled patterns are visible on parts of the base. <p>
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Two-handled bowl with cover
400 – 599
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.182A&B
It has a flat base, globular body and straight neck. There was a bubbling of the clay surface during firing. The attached handle is a little small and thick.<br /> <br /> This is a yellowish gray, low-fired earthenware cup with a handle. The mouth is upright, while the rest of the body has a swollen belly and a round base. The handle attached to the lower middle section of the body is not functional. Traces of rotation and water smoothing are visible on the inner and outer surfaces of the mouth. <p>[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017) p. 68]</p> <br /> &nbsp;
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Small Single-Handed Cup
5th century
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.190
This bright grayish-blue stoneware jar consists of a round base, globular body and long flaring neck. Narrow single ridges encircle the middle part of the neck, dividing it into four sections. Each section is engraved with a wave pattern. The shoulder doesn&rsquo;t have any pattern.<br /> <br /> This is a blue-gray, long-necked, high-fired stoneware jar. The horizontal ridge on the upper part of the long vessel neck marks the boundary between the neck and its inwardly curved mouth. The mouth slopes inward and has a sharp edge. The neck is divided into four sections by three horizontal ridges spaced at equal intervals, and each section is decorated by a wave design rendered with a comb with approximately ten teeth. The jar is widest at its upper-middle part, and the base is round with a slightly recessed center.<br /> [Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017) p. 47]<br /> &nbsp;
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Storage jar with bands of incised wavy patterns at neck; lid missing
5th century
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
2003/1.384
It has a flat base, globular body and straight neck with an everted rim. The color is dark grayish-blue.<br /> <br /> This is a blue-gray, high-fired stoneware cup with a handle. The mouth of the cup is slightly splayed and has a narrow, rounded rim. The body is widest at its center where a semicircular handle is attached vertically. The inner and outer surfaces show faint traces of rotation and water smoothing. The base is wide and flat and has no foot. <p>[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017) p. 70]</p>
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Cup with small handle
400 – 599
Gift of Toshiko Ogita in memory of Tomoo Ogita
1987/1.310
It looks like a rescent, animal&#39;s tooth or fetus. There is a hole and some carved line on the head part.<br /> <br /> This is a comma-shaped bead made from dark green jade. Such crescent moon-shaped beads, referred to as<em> gogok</em>, were used to decorate golden crowns, clothing, and belts. This example, which was attached to other ornaments via the hole in its head, is typical of comma-shaped beads of the Three Kingdoms period. Three parallel lines are incised across the hole, from which four more incised lines radiate upwards.<br /> [Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017) p.33]
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Comma-shaped Pendant
400 – 599
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1983/1.152
This grayish-blue stoneware jar has a globular body and short, flared neck. The entire surface of the body is adorned with wave pattern and encircled with many thin incised lines. The base is flat.<br /> <br /> This is a dark gray, long-necked, high-fired stoneware jar with a wide mouth. Its neck is widely flared, while an olive brown natural glaze has formed on the inner surface of the neck and on the shoulder. Shallow incised horizontal lines encircle the outer surface of the neck. The neck shows traces of rotation and water smoothing. The body is widest at its upper-middle part, and a series of incised horizontal lines surrounds the body in three places in its upper part. The areas in between these lines are decorated with wave designs created by combs with many teeth. The vessel originally featured a paddled pattern consisting of diagonally parallel lines along the upper-middle part of the body, and a diagonal crosshatch paddled pattern right below. However, these designs were erased by subsequent rotat
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Cord-marked round-bottomed jar with wide, flared mouth
5th century
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.166
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
This cup consists of two parts such as the long cup and the midsection containing balls. It has a wide mouth together with a large and flat bottom. Two protruding bands divide the sup into four fields, with the bottom three being decorated with incised gouged dots patterns. The midsection has two areas divided by a protruding band. Both areas have some triangular perforations<br /> <br /> This is a grayish brown, low-fired earthenware bell cup. The bell section is in the shape of two cups attached together at the rim; one cup is upright, while the other cup is reversed. This bell is attached to the base of the cup. The body of the cup is divided into four segments by three sets of raised bands; the lower three segments feature vertical lines of dots. The body of the bell is divided into upper and lower sections, each of which contains a series of triangular perforations offset from those of the other segment. Vertical lines of dots, the same as those on the body, were applied between the perforations in the
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Bell Cup (goblet with rattle base)
5th century
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.170
It has wide flared bowl supported by a little flared pedestal foot. Three raised band lines encircle the middle of the bowl. The foot which is separated into 3 parts and has a lot of triangular holes gives the whole bowl stability. There is a tiny wave design on the surface of the bowl and foot<br /> <br /> This is a gray, bowl-shaped, high-fired stoneware vessel stand. The bowl-shaped body flares widely until it spreads horizontally to reach the round rim with grooves. The body is divided by three raised bands into four sections, each of which features a wave design rendered using a multi-tooth comb. The pedestal is divided into five sections by horizontal ridges. Each of the three central sections features four triangular perforations; the lower two of these three central sections are also decorated with wave designs between the perforations. The edge of the pedestal base is narrow and grooved. The inner surfaces of the bowl-shaped body and pedestal show traces of a round inner support anvil that was used
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Large bowl or stand on high cut-out pedestal foot
5th century
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.177
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
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