Accession Number
2004/1.294A&B

Title
Preserve Jar with Lid

Artist(s)
Korean

Artist Nationality
Korean (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
late 19th century

Medium & Support
Stoneware with mottled dark brown glaze

Dimensions
7 5/8 x 8 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. (19.3 x 22.5 x 22.5 cm);1 1/8 x 4 5/16 x 4 5/16 in. (2.8 x 10.8 x 10.8 cm);7 1/8 x 8 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. (18 x 22.5 x 22.5 cm)

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

Label copy
In the late Joseon period, lidded jars such as this one were kept in every household in Korea to store homemade pickles and condiments. This is an especially handsome example: the dark brown glaze has been dripped over the pot from above, allowing it to flow unevenly so that the lighter clay body shows through in an unpredictable pattern.
Maribeth Graybill, The Enduring Art of the Korean Potter, December 12, 2004-November 6, 2005

Subject matter
In the late Joseon period, lidded jars such as this one were kept in every household in Korea to store homemade pickles and condiments. This is an especially handsome example.

Physical Description
Dark brown glaze has been dripped over the pot from above, allowing it to flow unevenly so that the lighter clay body shows through in an unpredictable pattern. The jar appears rounded in gradations, and has a small circular lid, as well as base.

This jar is made of white clay and coated with brown-black glaze. No glaze was applied to the inner surface of the lid or the rim of the jar with which the lid comes into contact. The shoulder is incised with a wave design, while an incised line also surrounds the upper part of the body. The glaze is well fused to form a glossy surface. The jar is almost intact.
[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2014) p.213]

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Primary Object Type
jar

Additional Object Classification(s)
Decorative Arts

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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brownish black
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