Accession Number2009/2.43
TitleAltar Dish
Artist(s)KoreanArtist NationalityKorean (culture or style)Object Creation Datelate 19th centuryMedium & Supportglazed porcelainDimensions 2 7/8 x 4 5/8 x 4 5/8 in. (7.2 x 11.6 x 11.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ok Ja Chang and the Chang FamilyPhysical DescriptionA 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]
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Keywords
Korean (culture or style)
ceramics (object genre)
porcelain (visual works)
vessel stands