Accession Number
2009/2.46

Title
Altar Dish

Artist(s)
Korean

Artist Nationality
Korean (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
late 19th century

Medium & Support
glazed porcelain

Dimensions
3 3/16 x 5 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (8 x 14.5 x 14.5 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Ok Ja Chang and the Chang Family

Physical Description
A glazed porcelain offering dish for an altar. The base is a narrow tapered cylinder with a ridged pattern on it. On top of it is a wide and shallow dish.

This white porcelain ritual vessel is a product of a regional kiln. The foot has a hendecagonal cross-section, while the tray is wide in relation to the foot. The iron-rich clay tinged the vessel with green-brown, while the large amounts of sand contained in the clay formed a rough texture. The foot retains traces of sand supports in eight places. Glaze on the reverse side of the vessel has crawled in parts, revealing the clay body and producing many flaws.
[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2014) p.199]

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 vessels