Blue-and-white balustrade jar with design of stag, crane, and pine tree / Artist Unknown, Korea
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- Accession Number
- 1972/2.81
- Title
- Blue-and-white balustrade jar with design of stag, crane, and pine tree
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Artist Nationality
- Korean
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue and iron brown underglaze painting
- Object Creation Date
- late 18th century - early 19th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Korean Peninsula (peninsula)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Korean Peninsula (peninsula)
- Dimensions
- 34.61 cm (13 5/8 in.)
- Century
- late 18th-early 19th century?
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- jar
- Secondary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Secondary Object Type
- vase
- Physical Description
- This jar has a long and upright mouth with a robust shoulder that give way to a body tapering toward the base. The crane, cloud, pine tree and rock are painted with blue and red copper pigment.
- Subject Matter
- This body shape has prevailed the entire Joseon period but the tall mouth is a unique end Joseon feature. The parallel use of these two colors started in the late 18th century to continue into the following century, and seem to have been influenced by colorful folk painting.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- containers
- containers by form
- crane (bird)
- objects we use
- vessels
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 892 x 1290
- File Size
- 70 KB
- Record
- 1972/2.81
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"Blue-and-white balustrade jar with design of stag, crane, and pine tree; Artist Unknown, Korea." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1972-sl-2.81/1972_2.81.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.