Accession Number
2004/1.160

Title
Bowl with flat bottom and flat rolled rim

Artist(s)
Korean

Artist Nationality
Korean (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
4th–5th century

Medium & Support
earthenware

Dimensions
2 7/8 x 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (7.2 x 10.7 x 10.7 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam

Subject matter
This kind of color and shape is very rare. There is a crack on the rim. This part seems to be restored.

Physical Description
It has a outward-turned rim. The side of the body is becoming narrow in the base. The bottem is flat.

This yellowish brown, bowl-shaped, low-fired earthenware vessel is made from fine clay mixed with fine sand particles. It has no neck. The mouth is slightly everted while the rim is generally flat and features some grooves. The body is widest towards the upper-middle section, and the flat base is rounded where it joins the body. Parts of the vessel feature a paddled pattern which suggests that the surface was first paddled and then smoothed with water on a rotary device.
[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017) p. 44]
 

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Primary Object Type
bowl

Additional Object Classification(s)
Decorative Arts

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Three Kingdoms (Korean)
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bowls (object components)
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vessels (containers)