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A blue and white platter. White porcellanous body with painting in blue under a clear glaze slightly tinged with blue-green.

Ali ibn al-Hajj Muhammad
Platter with an inscription from a Hadith [a saying of the Prophet Muhammad], signed by Ali ibn al-Hajj Muhammad
fritware with underglaze painting, and clear glaze
2 15/16 in x 17 ¾ in x 17 ¾ in (7.5 cm x 45.1 cm x 45.1 cm);2 15/16 in (7.5 cm);x 17 ¾ in x 17 ¾ in x 45.1 cm x 45.1 cm
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design

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A porcelain ewer with a cylindrical body on a foot ring and a tall, narrow neck. It has a flat, wide, ear-shaped handle, covered with underglaze blue floral meander and clear glaze, and a replacement silver spout and domed lid.

Chinese
Ewer with Silver Fittings
porcelain, underglaze, glaze, and silver
15 1/2 in x 6 11/16 in x 6 11/16 in (39.37 cm x 16.99 cm x 16.99 cm);16 9/16 in x 10 1/2 in x 9 7/16 in (42.07 cm x 26.67 cm x 23.97 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Pope for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection

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This thin porcelain conical bowl has a direct slightly everted rim on a footring. Its interior has a lightly incised floral meander decoration,and it is covered in a white glaze with bluish tinge.

Chinese
Bowl
porcelain with glaze
2 3/16 in x 5 1/4 in x 5 1/4 in (5.6 cm x 13.4 cm x 13.4 cm);2 1/16 in x 5 1/4 in x 5 1/4 in (5.2 cm x 13.3 cm x 13.3 cm);3 9/16 in x 6 5/16 in x 6 5/16 in (9 cm x 16 cm x 16 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection

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This very thin porcellaneous stoneware, wide flaring, conical bowl with direct rim is on a straight foot ring. The interior is incised with a pomegranate design and covered in a creamy white glaze. The unglazed rim is finished in a mounted silver band.

Chinese
Bowl
porcellaneous stoneware with glaze
2 1/2 x 8 5/16 x 8 5/16 in. (6.2 x 21.1 x 21.1 cm);3 15/16 x 10 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. (10 x 25.6 x 25.6 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Paul W. Wang in memory of Professor Shang-Yi Wang

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This deep, conical bowl rests on a straight foot ring with subtle rim articulation. It is covered in a thickly applied dark iron-rich brown-black glaze with hare's fur or <em>tuhao zhan (兔毫盏 ) </em>markings. The thick glaze pools in one black drip lowering onto the exposed base. The interior surface has a crackle glaze.

Chinese
Teabowl
stoneware with glaze
2 5/8 in x 4 7/16 in x 4 7/16 in (6.7 cm x 11.3 cm x 11.3 cm);4 3/16 in x 6 5/16 in x 6 5/16 in (10.6 cm x 16 cm x 16 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Caroline I. Plumer for the James Marshall Plumer Collection

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A conical, wide-flaring buff stoneware teabowl with a direct rim on a straight footring, covered with black glaze with russet brown mottling on the exterior and russet streaks on the interior.

Chinese
Teabowl
stoneware with glaze
2 3/16 in x 7 5/8 in x 7 5/8 in (5.56 cm x 19.37 cm x 19.37 cm);3 9/16 in x 9 5/8 in x 9 13/16 in (9.05 cm x 24.45 cm x 24.92 cm)
Museum purchase for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection

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The mouth is straight. The side is gently curved to the bottom. The foot is hgh and narrow. It was repaired.<br />
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Produced between the 15th and 16th century at a privately owned kiln in the southwestern region of Gyeongsangnam-do, this bowl has been restored following breakage into ten pieces. Its rim curves inwards. It is made with stoneware clay. There are five spur marks on the inner base, and the glaze on the rim of its foot has been wiped away. It is coated with opaque white glaze, on which have formed many crackles and pinholes. The color of glaze is not even throughout the surface. Vessels of this type were popular in Japan as tea bowls (茶碗, Jap. chawan).<br />
[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2014) p.160]

Korean
Deep footed bowl
stoneware with crackled creamy white glaze, gold repairs
3 3/16 x 5 9/16 x 5 9/16 in. (8 x 14 x 14 cm)
Transfer from the College of Architecture and Design

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In this handing scroll, there are mountains in the background. There are rocks and trees scattered on a shore that leads to a body of water. In the upper right corner, there is an inscription and a seal.

Sesshū Tōyō
Winter Landscape (pair with Summer Landscape, 1970/2.150)
hanging scroll, ink on paper
42 1/4 in x 18 7/8 in (107.32 cm x 47.98 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund

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A small figure is shown near a ship on the water. A building or house is partially hidden by hills. Trees, mountains, and clouds are strewn across the landscape with bold brishwork.

Sesshū Tōyō
Summer Landscape (pair with Winter Landscape, 1970/2.151)
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
42 1/4 in x 18 7/8 in (107.32 cm x 47.94 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund

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Dutch
Blue-and-White Small Delftware Bowl
porcelain with blue underglaze painting
2 5/8 in. x 4 5/8 in. x 4 3/4 in. ( 6.67 cm x 11.75 cm x 12.07 cm )
Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing

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$This bowl exemplifies early-tenth century celadon forms influenced by Chinese Yue ware. It has a halo-shaped foot (haemurigup), a characteristic of Yue ware. It is a high-quality celadon made from fine clay, coated by highly transparent glaze. Surface is plain while displaying crackles on its inner surface and parts of its outer surface. Many similar vessels were excavated from the Kilns no. 9 and no. 10 at Yongun-ri, Gangjin-gun, Jeollanam-do. Refractory spur marks created during firing remain in five places on the rim of the foot. [Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2014) p.88] Stoneware tea bowl with celadon glaze.$

Korean
Tea Bowl
stoneware with celadon glaze
2 5/16 x 6 1/16 x 6 1/16 in. (5.8 x 15.3 x 15.3 cm)
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam

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$Stoneware ewer with celadon glaze in the shape of a calabash, or double-gourd. The handle mimics the tendrils of the gourd. A long, thin spout curves slightly outward from the rounded base, and a small lid crested by a tendril-like loop covers an opening at the top of the ewer. This is an undecorated gould-shaped ewer. Its stopper, handle joints, handle, and spout show traces of repair and restoration. The at base retains four refractory spur marks and was glazed only in the center of the outer base. The glaze was not fused well in parts, leaving some runnings, but it is well balanced in form. [Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2014) p.132]$

Korean
Double-Gourd Ewer with Lid
stoneware with celadon glaze
12 7/8 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (32.6 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm);1 13/16 x 15/16 x 15/16 in. (4.5 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm);11 11/16 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (29.6 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm)
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam

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