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Ten-lobed lotus saucer with inlaid floral patterns

Korean

Artwork Details

Ten-lobed lotus saucer with inlaid floral patterns
13th century
Korean
stoneware with celadon glaze
0.9 x 4 5/16 x 4 5/16 in. (2.4 x 10.8 x 10.8 cm)
Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
2004/1.232

Description

Subject Matter:

A dish with a lobed rim. inliad on each lobed wall and at the center of the inner base with white slip art chrysanthemum spray design and a chrysnathemum floret, refoectively. 

Physical Description:

This dish with a lobed rim was shaped with a mold. Inlaid on each lobed wall and at the center of its inner base with white slip are chrysanthemum spray design and a chrysanthemum floret, respectively. On the flat outer base remain three quartzite spur marks. The entire dish was glazed including the outer base; the state of sintering is good, while the glaze is pure and green. Crackles are spread throughout the inner and outer surfaces.
[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2014) p.116]

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