Skip to main content
  1. Art
  2. The Collection

Altar Dish

Korean

Artwork Details

Altar Dish
late 19th century
Korean
glazed porcelain
2 7/8 x 4 5/8 x 4 5/8 in. (7.2 x 11.6 x 11.6 cm)
Gift of Ok Ja Chang and the Chang Family
2009/2.43

Tags

Description

Physical Description:

A tall glazed and speckled white-blue porcelain offering dish for an altar. The base is a wide, slightly tapered cylinder. The dish a the top is quite wide and shallow until it reaches the point of the base, where there is a deep hole in the cylinder of the base.

This is a hard-paste cup stand with a glossy surface. It is a high-grade object and was produced at a kiln in Bunwonri, Gwangju-si, Gyeonggi-do. There are fine cracks in one side of its foot.
[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2014) p.201]

Usage Rights:

If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit https://umma.umich.edu/request-image/ for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form.