Accession Number2004/1.212
TitleKanghwa Bowl
Artist(s)KoreanArtist NationalityKorean (culture or style)Object Creation Date12th centuryMedium & Supportstoneware with celadon glazeDimensions 2 1/16 x 7 1/16 x 7 1/16 in. (5.2 x 17.8 x 17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong NamSubject matterundecorated celadon bowl. low foot and traces of sand supports. placed on the kiln floor during the firing.
Physical DescriptionThis celadon bowl is undecorated. The glaze is poorly fused and is generally opaque. The foot is low and displays traces of sand supports. The sand, stuck to the foot and the outer base, suggests that the bowl was placed on the kiln floor during ring. Glaze had run down to the outer wall of the foot and accumulated, in parts.
[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2014) p.97]
shallow bowl, grey color, sanf grit on foot, made in Boryung kiln of ching chung nam-do, often found in tombs in Kangwa Island, 13th century, diameter 6+13/16 inches, height: 1+7/8 inches
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Keywords
bowl
bowls (vessels)
celadon (glaze)
ceramic (material)
ceramics
stoneware (pottery)