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Celadon Oil Bottle

Korean

Artwork Details

Celadon Oil Bottle
12th century
Korean
stoneware with celadon glaze
2 x 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 in. (5 x 6.6 x 6.6 cm)
Gift and partial purchase from Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp, purchase with funds from Elder and Mrs Sang-Yong Nam
2021/1.149

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Description

Subject Matter:

An oil bottle covered in celadon glaze.

Physical Description:

An oil bottle with an upright dish-shaped mouth, which is somewhat wide in relation to the body. Fine crackles extend over the entire vessel. Foot is low and has four spur marks. The glaze is oxidized, yielding a yellow-brown hue in parts.

This oil bottle has an upright disn-shaped mouth. The mouth is somewhat wide in relation to the body. It is undecorated, but fine crackles extend over its entire body. The foot is low and has four refractory spur marks. Its glaze is oxidized, yielding a yellow-brown hue in parts. The bottle is intact and has a solid appearance due to the fine clay that was used to make it. 
[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2014) p.129]

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