Accession Number2004/1.239
TitleOil Bottle with Chrysanthemum Design
Artist(s)KoreanArtist NationalityKorean (culture or style)Object Creation Date12th centuryMedium & Supportstoneware with inlaid and painted decoration under celadon glazeDimensions 1 15/16 x 3 3/16 x 3 3/16 in. (4.8 x 8 x 8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong NamLabel copyMarch 28, 2009
This small cosmetic oil bottle, with a body in the form of a Korean baduk (gaming piece), has a short neck and a cupped mouth. It once formed part of a toiletry set that included several small celadon cosmetic boxes with flat lids, which were often accompanied by items like silver needle cases, bronze mirrors, and hairpins. They nested into a larger round box or rectangular casket and became part of an upper-class woman’s personal possessions that were buried with her.
(Label for UMMA Korean Gallery Opening Rotation, March 2009)
Subject matterCosmetic oil bottle with floral sprays.
Physical DescriptionStoneware oil bottle with cup-shaped mouth and body in the shape of a Go gaming piece, or Baduk. The body is decorated with painted floral sprays and covered by celadon glaze.
The bottle is embellished with chrysanthemums with pâte-sur-pâte decorative technique and with the leaves in iron- brown. There are three refractory spur marks on the low foot. It has a dark ground color that appears like deep gray. Glaze on the body is oxidized, producing areas of yellow- brown color. The rim of the mouth shows traces of repair.
[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2014) p.131]
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Keywords
bottles
celadon (glaze)
ceramic (material)
floral patterns
stoneware (pottery)
underglazing