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Altar Dish

Korean

Artwork Details

Altar Dish
late 19th century
Korean
glazed porcelain
2 9/16 x 4 15/16 x 4 15/16 in. (6.5 x 12.5 x 12.5 cm)
Gift of Ok Ja Chang and the Chang Family
2009/2.44

On Display

Not currently on display

Description

Physical Description:

A short glazed and speckled gray porcelain offering dish for an altar. The base is a wide, slightly tapered cylinder which at the top is attached to a shallow dish. At the bottom of the base as well as a circle on the top of the dish there is some discoloration and morphing of the ceramic.

This dish is gray in color and has large amounts of ash and pinholes on the surface. It is a low-grade object, with sand spur makrs remaining on the inner base due to fired among a stack of other vessels. Coarse sand is stuck to the foot.
[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2014) p.198]

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