Accession Number
2021/1.141

Title
Bottle with Dish-shaped mouth

Artist(s)
Korean

Artist Nationality
Korean (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
7th-8th century

Medium & Support
stoneware

Dimensions
4 15/16 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in. (12.5 x 6 x 6 cm)

Credit Line
Gift and partial purchase from Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp, purchase with funds from Elder and Mrs Sang-Yong Nam

Subject matter
Blue-gray stoneware bottle with saucer-shaped mouth.

Physical Description
Blue-gray high-fired stoneware bottoel with saucer-shaped mouth. The neck is short and the mouth curves outwards and has a rim. The body is widest around the middle. Natural glaze near the top of the bottle has dripped downwards to the body of the bottle.

This is a blue-gray, high-fired stoneware bottle with a dishshaped mouth. Its neck is short, and its mouth curves outwards and has a round rim. The body is widest at its upper-middle part. The base is flat; the section where the base and body meet is rounded. Natural glaze can be found gathered on the upper part of the body, some of which has flowed downwards.

[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017) p. 77]

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Primary Object Type
bottle

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Old Silla
bottle
bottles
dishes (object genre)
stoneware (pottery)