Accession Number
2009/2.48

Title
Altar Dish

Artist(s)
Korean

Artist Nationality
Korean (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
late 19th century

Medium & Support
glazed porcelain

Dimensions
2 1/2 x 4 9/16 x 4 9/16 in. (6.2 x 11.5 x 11.5 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 wide cylinder which tapers sharply into a narrow top. The base supports a wide, almost flat disk as the bowl.

The dish is made from iron-rich clay that tinged the bowl with green-brown. The foot retains traces of sand spurs in eight places. Glaze on the reverse side of the vessel has crawled in parts, revealing the clay body and producing many flaws. This vessel was produced at a regional kiln.
[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2014) p.200]

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