Altar Dish

Accession Number
2009/2.44

Title
Altar Dish

Artist(s)
Korean

Artist Nationality
Korean (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
late 19th century

Medium & Support
glazed porcelain

Dimensions
2 9/16 x 4 15/16 x 4 15/16 in. (6.5 x 12.5 x 12.5 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 wide, slightly tapered cylinder which at the top is attached to a shallow dish. At the bottom of the base as well as a circle on the top of the dish there is some discoloration and morphing of the ceramic.

This dish is gray in color and has large amounts of ash and pinholes on the surface. It is a low-grade object, with sand spur makrs remaining on the inner base due to fired among a stack of other vessels. Coarse sand is stuck to the foot.
[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)
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dishes (object genre)
porcelain (visual works)
ritual objects

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