26 UMMA Objects
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A wide, shallow stoneware bowl on a footring with an everted rim with articulation.  The exterior is carved with lotus petals and covered in a gray-green celadon glaze.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Bowl
14th century
Gift of Toshiko Ogita in memory of Tomoo Ogita
1987/1.306

Iranian (Iranian)
Star-shaped tile with phoenix among clouds
1267 – 1366
Museum purchase
1960/1.132
This orange/yellow iridescent decanter with a triangular-shapped stopper is pinched in the middle, dividing the vessel into several separate channels.
Louis Comfort Tiffany
Kuttrolf-like Decanter
1896 – 1900
University purchase 1930, transferred to the Museum of Art, 1972/2.221
1972/2.221

Byzantine
MS Leaf: Excerpts from the Evangelists
1367 – 1399
Museum Purchase
1959/1.148B

Tuscan;Italian
Choir Book Page
1367 – 1432
Gift of Marvin Eisenberg in memory of Evelyn Sandberg-Vavalà, beloved teacher and mentor in Florence
2006/1.97
This Il-Khanid period molded 8-pointed star tile contains a central spotted feline together with Arabic inscriptions on the outer rim. 
Iranian (Iranian)
Star-shaped Tile with cheetah among foliage
1233 – 1366
Museum Purchase
1957/1.73
A brown teabowl with four small feet.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Jian Ware "Hare's Fur" Teabowl
1100 – 1299
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Spurr
2003/2.19
<p>This octagonal dish is inlaid with a chrysanthemum design with white and black slip on each facet. Its outer base is entirely glazed and has three quartzite spur marks. The inner surface is undecorated but covered in crackles, revealing the gray body. The glaze was oxidized during ring, leaving many areas brown.<br />
[<em>Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art </em>(2014) p.117]<br />
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Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Octagonal faceted bowl with inlaid design of paired chrysanthemums on outer side
1250 – 1350
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.234

Nicolo Da Bologna
Pope Boniface VIII Presiding over the Sacred College
1367 – 1399
Museum Purchase
1968/2.50
A bowl on a footring, covered in a thickly applied, iron-rich black glaze. The bottom of the teabowl is not covered with the glaze except where the glaze pooled in certain places.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Teabowl
13th century
The James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1983/1.445
It has a wide mouth and a shape which flared out to a generously-sized shoulder, then tapers to a slim lower body. It is a storage jar inlaid chrysanthemum, cloud and crane design.<br />
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This is an ornate short-necked jar embellished with inlaid designs of clouds and cranes on its entire body. It is built by coiling due to its large size. Its shoulder and lower part of the body are inlaid with lotus petals, and the body is inlaid with cranes and chrysanthemums. Lumps of glaze are found on some parts of the body and pinpoles are found around the foot. Crazing was formed on the entire glazed surface. Shards of similar vessels had been excavated from Yucheon-ri, Buan- gun, Jeollabuk-do.<br />
[<em>Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art</em> (2014) p. 135]<br />
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Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Storage jar with inlaid floral designs
1250 – 1350
Gift of Mrs. Henry Jewett Greene for The Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jewett Greene Memorial Collection
1972/2.33
A six-sided fragment of a Jian Ware bowl&nbsp;with pitted black glaze.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Fragment of Jian Ware Bowl
12th century
Transfer from the School of Art and the College of Architecture and Urban Planning
1997/1.285
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