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Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Mirror, "Marriage type" (with lobed rim and paired design motifs)
600 – 799
Museum purchase for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1961/2.62
Stoneware jar with natural ash glaze and bell-shaped lid. Along the widest horizontal stretch of the base is an incised circle-and-dot design. A variation on this pattern also loops around the lid, topped by a line marking a ring along the surface of the lid, and incised lines extending outward from a button-shaped knob.<br /> <br /> This is a dark gray, high-fired stoneware lidded bowl with a stamped design. The lid features a button-shaped knob at its center. Thinly incised lines encircle the upper part of the lid, dividing its surface into two segments. The inner segment is decorated with a triangular line design, whereas the outer segment is decorated with a design consisting of semicircles with dots inside, which border the inner segment. Sets of two thinly incised horizontal lines run around the section of the bowl immediately below the rim and the lower middle part of the body. A double semicircular design decorates the segment between these two sets of lines. The foot is short and thick and has a fo
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Cinerary urn with triangular circle-and-dot design
7th century
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1973/2.36A&B
This is an earthenware standing figure of a military official or warrior. He wears Tang dynasty styled armor including a helmet, elbow-length gauntlets, a cuirass with plaques, and taces, worn over a long tunic, loose pants, and boots.  His arm is raised to hold a weapon, and he stands on a rock-styled base, which is covered in amber, green, and cream glazes. The head of the figure is unglazed with traces of mineral pigment. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Warrior
667 – 732
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design
1972/2.68

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Bodhisattva, seated in lalitasana: part of a miniature shrine
600 – 799
Gift of Marybelle B. Hanna
2001/1.363

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Buddha, seated in the pralambapadasana pose (with legs pendant), in abhaya mudra
600 – 799
Museum purchase for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1964/2.92
Stoneware jar with natural ash glaze, squat body and lid. Along the widest horizontal stretch is a design of incised concentric circles, with another row above consisting of circles comprised of a pattern of impressions marking the edge of each circle. The convex curve of the lid also contains a row of incised concentric circles, before sloping into a concave valley, and rising up again to a small plateau. It is on this landing that a cintamani style knob rests.<br /> <br /> This is a dark blue-gray, high-fired stoneware lidded bowl with a stamped design. The lid features a pearl-shaped knob at its center and gently slopes down from its flat upper part. A row of double circles encircles upper part of the lid, with the circles in irregular positions. The bowl is widest in its upper part, while its flange slopes steeply inwards. Two thinly incised horizontal lines encircle the upper part of the body. Above these is a row of circles made of engraved dots, while between them is a row of double circles encirclin
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Cinerary urn with concentric circles design
600 – 799
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1973/2.34A&B
Stoneware bottle with a squat body, cylindrical neck, flared rim and natural ash glaze. A band stretches along the base of the neck demarcated by two outside lines, and a stamped row of stylized flowers centered in between them. Below the band the body of the bottle dramatically begins to curve outward. Along the body are a series of vertical comb-punched radiating lines.<br /> <br /> This is a dark gray, high-fired stoneware bottle decorated with a stamped design. The shape of the body is spheroidal, while its mouth is wide. A set of raised bands surrounds the center of the neck, while the area below is decorated with a row of stamped semicircular motifs. The upper part of the body is surrounded by rows of vertical dotted lines which have subsequently been erased from parts of the lower body by paring during rotation. The foot is low and slightly splayed. <p>[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017) p. 82]</p>
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Bottle with Stamped Flower and Bead Designs
600 – 799
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.194
This is an earthenware model of a horse dressed in a saddle blanket and saddle. It has a short, upward pointing tail and trimmed mane. The saddle is painted with reddish mineral pigment. 
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Horse
667 – 732
Gift of Domino's Pizza, Inc.
1993/1.62
Stoneware jar with natural ash glaze and rounded lid. Along the widest horizontal stretch is an incised circle-and-dot design. A design of concentric circles also loops around just as the rounded curve of the lid begins to flatten into a plateau on which a cintamani style knob rests.
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Cinerary urn with circle-and-dot design
7th century
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1973/2.35A&B
Despite the title given by the artist, this print is a highly abstracted representation of a famous 7th century sculpture of the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (J. Kannon), in the collection of Hôryûji Temple, Nara.
Saitō Kiyoshi (Japanese (culture or style))
Buddha (B); image of a famous 7th-century sculpture at Hôryûji, Nara
1959
Gift of Dr. Lawrence Preuss
1987/1.240
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