Accession Number
2009/2.40

Title
Altar Dish

Artist(s)
Korean

Artist Nationality
Korean (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
late 19th century

Medium & Support
glazed porcelain

Dimensions
2 13/16 x 4 5/8 x 4 5/8 in. (7 x 11.6 x 11.6 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Ok Ja Chang and the Chang Family

Physical Description
A short glazed and speckled gray porcelain offering dish for an altar. The base is a small, tapered cylinder which then becomes the base of a slighlt deep dish. The gray glaze has some green coloration throughout the piece.

The glaze has vivid blue-green tints, lending it the appearance of celadon. The foot has coarse sand spur marks on the entire surface. This is a low-quality dish with its tray contaminated by many flecks of ash, and it is a product of a regional kiln.
[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2014) p.198]

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Primary Object Type
dish

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Korean (culture or style)
ceramics (object genre)
dishes (object genre)
porcelain (visual works)
ritual objects