Accession Number
1982/2.54

Title
Cup with tiny handle

Artist(s)
Korean

Artist Nationality
Korean (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
5th century - 6th century

Medium & Support
stoneware with gray glaze

Dimensions
2 9/16 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (6.5 x 6.2 x 6.2 cm)

Credit Line
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund

Subject matter
This types of cup was commonly excavated from the tombs of Gaya or Silla the three kingdom period.

Physical Description
It has narrow flat base, globular body and straight neck. The color is dark grayish-blue.

This is a dark gray, low-fired earthenware cup with a handle. The body is widest at its center, to which a semicircular handle is attached vertically. The entire body retains traces of rotation and water smoothing, while the lower part of the outer surface also retains traces of paring by rotating. The base is flat and has no foot.

[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017) p. 69]

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Primary Object Type
cup

Additional Object Classification(s)
Decorative Arts

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Three Kingdoms (Korean)
cups (drinking vessels)
handles
stoneware (pottery)