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Miniature rounded jar with cover, decorated with blue figures of boy acrobats.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Jar
1825 – 1912
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.159
A blue and white garden stool decorated with floral patterns. Square and oval pieces are cut from the sides.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Garden Stool
1830 – 1880
Gift of Miss C. Irene Hayner in memory of Adah V. Morris
1973/2.10
It is in the shape of a flat disk with octagonal sides, a type that was widely produced in the 19th century. The center of the top surface features a flower petal in a darkish cobalt blue pigment. A pale blue glaze applied over the entire surface, but has a slightly hue. The pigment used on the flower is also applied around the edgesof the octagon, more heavily so in the corners.<br />
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This water dropper was produced at a kiln in Bunwon-ri, Gwangju-si, Gyeonggi-do at the end of 19th century. Its upper surface features an outline painted around the edge and a floral spray design in the center, both rendered in cobalt blue. The design is bluish black in color, a phenomenon sometimes caused by high iron and manganese content in the cobalt underglaze. The water dropper remains intact, except for a slight damage to its spout. The sand spur marks left around the foot are often found on white porcelain produced at private kilns within the vicinity of Bunwon-ri area after the privatization of Bunwon-ri kilns
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Blue-and-white octagonal water dropper with floral design
1850 – 1899
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection
1977/1.197
This garden stool is decorated with motifs of birds and flowers of the four seasons, in a reserve white against a deep cobalt blue.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Garden Stool
1880 – 1910
Museum purchase made possible by a gift of Sarah and Otto Graf
1991/2.59

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Gourd Shaped Vase
1860 – 1910
Transfer from the School of Art and the College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
1997/1.195
A blue and white charger that has two circular registers of reserve panels. The reserves have images of flowers within them. In the very center of the charger is a group of flowers.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Blue-and-white charger, Kangxi reign (pair with UA2002.16)
1662 – 1722
Gift of the William T. and Dora G. Hunter Collection
UA2002.17

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Blue-and-white plate with painting of figures in a landscape
1680 – 1690
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1966/1.94
This is a grayish brown small jar with a short neck and a globular body. It is dated to the end of the 19th century, judging from its motifs, color of cobalt-blue and shape. It is decorated with a line around the rim and with floral scrolls on the shoulder. The entire foot is glazed and has grains of coarse sand stuck to it. Extensive contamination from impurities on its surface has given it a yellow tint overall.<br />
[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2014) p.174]
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Small Blue-and-White Jar with Bamboo Design, misfired
19th century
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.277
A round water dropper in the shape of a curled fish. There are two holes, one located in the middle, near the tail fin, and the other near the head on the dorsal fin. The fish is a white and cobalt blue color.<br />
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This is a carp-shaped water dropper produced within the vicinity of Bunwon-ri, Gwangju-si, and Yeoju-si area in Gyeonggi-do in the late 19th century. Its upper surface features a realistic carp design in relief and entirely colored with cobalt blue. Such animal-shaped vessels are simple in form, but they were esteemed by many for their auspicious meaning. The base is flat, wide, and stained by ink.<br />
[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2014) p.184]
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Blue-and-White Water Dropper in the Shape of a Fish
1867 – 1899
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.286
A green snuff bottle with blue floral designs. On the top is a green glass stopper.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Snuff bottle with blue floral sprays under green glaze
1912 – 1949
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.111
A round porcelain vase-shaped snuff bottle with blue underglaze. Painted on the snuff bottle is a design of a Manchu bannermen on horses in a landscape. &nbsp;
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Snuff bottle with painted design of Manchu bannermen in a landscape
1825 – 1880
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.120

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Blue-and-White Small Bowl
Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing
2006/2.60
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