Altar Dish

Accession Number
2009/2.43

Title
Altar Dish

Artist(s)
Korean

Artist Nationality
Korean (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
late 19th century

Medium & Support
glazed porcelain

Dimensions
2 7/8 x 4 5/8 x 4 5/8 in. (7.2 x 11.6 x 11.6 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. The dish a the top is quite wide and shallow until it reaches the point of the base, where there is a deep hole in the cylinder of the base.

This is a hard-paste cup stand with a glossy surface. It is a high-grade object and was produced at a kiln in Bunwonri, Gwangju-si, Gyeonggi-do. There are fine cracks in one side of its foot.
[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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