Accession Number
1987/1.293

Title
Cupstand with incised designs

Artist(s)
Korean

Artist Nationality
Korean (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
circa 12th century

Medium & Support
stoneware with celadon glaze

Dimensions
2 x 5 7/16 x 5 7/16 in. (5 x 13.8 x 13.8 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Toshiko Ogita in memory of Tomoo Ogita

Subject matter
Although the cup is missing, the cup would have been designed to match the stand that held it. Typically used to hold wine.

Physical Description
It consists of three parts : a cup stand with perforated base, a gentle curved wing and everted foot. The edges of the wing and the cup stand are decorated with fret designs.
 

This is a round cup stand, a typical form of 12th century Goryeo celadon. The tray of the stand is incised with three chrysanthemum patterns, and encircling the rim is a fret pattern. The entirely glazed foot retains refractory spur marks. This is a defected product, the rim and foot of which have become warped during firing. The glaze is partially oxidized, giving the saucer a brown hue, but it was produced as a high-grade object.
[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2014) p.126]

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Primary Object Type
saucer

Additional Object Classification(s)
Decorative Arts

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
Chrysanthemum (genus)
celadon (glaze)
cups (drinking vessels)
cupstands
incising
stoneware (pottery)