Accession Number
2021/1.150

Title
Greenish-brown-glazed Stoneware Bottle with Dish-shaped Mouth

Artist(s)
Korean

Artist Nationality
Korean (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
13th century

Medium & Support
stoneware with partial ash glaze

Dimensions
10 1/4 x 6 3/16 x 6 3/16 in. (26 x 15.6 x 15.6 cm)

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

Subject matter
The color of this bottle categorizes it as 'green celadon.' Many bottles similar to this one with dish-shaped mouths have been excavated from Goryeo tombs dated between the tenth and eleventh century.

Physical Description
Bottle with a dish shaped mouth and coated with greenish-brown glaze. Glaze is oxidized in parts, creating a yellow-brown hue. Has cracks from firing process. The base is wide and flat and the neck is connected in a fluid curve.

This is a bottle with dish-shaped mouth and applied with greenish-brown glaze, which is also referred to as “green celadon (nok-cheongja).” The greenish-brown glaze was oxidized in parts and turned brown, and it overall created a yellowish brown hue. This piece is not in perfect form as cracks formed in places during ring. Although the shoulder is angular, the neck is connected to the body in a fluid curve. The base is wide and flat. Many examples of this type of the bottle with dish-shaped mouth were excavated from the 10th-11th century Goryeo tombs.

[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2014) p.140]
 

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Primary Object Type
bottle

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
bottle
bottles
ceramic (material)
glazed ceramic ware (visual works)
stoneware (pottery)