Accession Number
2009/2.41

Title
Altar Dish

Artist(s)
Korean

Artist Nationality
Korean (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
late 19th century

Medium & Support
ceramic

Dimensions
2 15/16 x 4 11/16 x 4 11/16 in. (7.4 x 11.8 x 11.8 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Ok Ja Chang and the Chang Family

Physical Description
A tall glazed and speckled white-blue porcelain offering dish for an altar. The base is a wide, slightly tapered cylinder. Where the base of the dish and the top of the base meet there is a bowl-shape ring as the bottom of the dish and a wide angled lip that surrounds it.

A type of white porcelain ritual vessel, this cup stand was produced at a kiln in Bunwon-ri, Gwanju-si, Gyeonggido, the last official court kiln of the Joseon Dynasty. Its foot is high and has coarse sand spur marks on the foot rim. It is robust, flawless and coated with a transparent glaze with pale blue tints.
[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2014) p.201]

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Primary Object Type
stand

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Korean (culture or style)
ceramics (object genre)
porcelain (visual works)
ritual vessels
vessel stands