Accession Number
2021/1.145

Title
Celadon Dish with Lotus Scroll Design in Relief

Artist(s)
Korean

Artist Nationality
Korean (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
12th century

Medium & Support
stoneware with celadon glaze

Dimensions
1 5/8 x 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. (4 x 13.2 x 13.2 cm)

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

Subject matter
A brown colored dish with the image of a chrysanthemum at the base and lotus scrolls along the inner wall.

Physical Description

The bowl is decorated with mold-impressed design of chrysanthemum at the center of the inner base, encircled with yeoui-head motifs, and lotus scrolls on the inner wall. The flat and wide inner base retains traces of three quartzite spurs. Very fine crackles are visible on the inner and outer surfaces.
[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2014) p.112]

A dish decorated with a mold-impressed design of a chrysanthemum at the center of the base, and encircled with yeoui-head motifs and lotus scrolls on the inner walls. Very fine crackles are visible in the glaze on both the inner and outer surface. The base retains traces of quartzite spurs.

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Primary Object Type
dish

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
Lotus (genus)
celadon (glaze)
ceramic (material)
chrysanthemum
dishes (vessels)
stoneware (pottery)