Accession Number
2004/1.237

Title
Small Oil Bottle

Artist(s)
Korean

Artist Nationality
Korean (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
mid 12th century

Medium & Support
Stoneware with crackled celadon glaze

Dimensions
2 3/16 x 3 x 3 in. (5.5 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm)

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

Physical Description

This is an intact hair oil bottle; an invaluable source for the information it provides about the form of Goryeo celadon oil bottles. The foot was made by removing the clay from the bottom of the base, while the foot rim shows the trase of glaze having been wiped away and has small grains of sand ahered to it. Glaze was oxidized in parts, yielding a yellow-brown color, and fine crackles are formed on the glazed furace. Glaze was poorly fused and there are glaze runnings on the lower part of the body.
[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2014) p.129]

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Primary Object Type
bottle

Additional Object Classification(s)
Decorative Arts

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
bottles
celadon (glaze)
ceramic (material)
stoneware (pottery)