White Porcelain Square Water Dropper with Openwork Cloud and Crane Design / Artist Unknown, Korea
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- Accession Number
- 2004/1.279
- Title
- White Porcelain Square Water Dropper with Openwork Cloud and Crane Design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Artist Nationality
- Korean
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with copper underglaze painting
- Object Creation Date
- late 19th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Korean Peninsula (peninsula)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Korean Peninsula (peninsula)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp and Museum purchase made possible by Elder and Mrs. Sang-Yong Nam
- Dimensions
- 6.2 cm x 9 cm x 7.8 cm (2 7/16 in. x 3 9/16 in. x 3 1/16 in.)
- Century
- Late 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- water dropper
- Physical Description
- A square porcelain water dropper. The porcelain is white and there is an image of a lizard or dragon on the top. Clouds are depicted on the sides with the image of a flying crane on the front of the square. The white glaze has chipped of or is thin in places, revealing the copper underglaze.
- Subject Matter
- The crane is a symbol of nobility, spirituality, and long life, making it a creature of symbolic significance to a scholar or the patron who commissioned the water dropper.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- containers
- containers by form
- crane (bird)
- descriptors
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- Rights
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3888 x 2592
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2004/1.279
- Link to this Item
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"White Porcelain Square Water Dropper with Openwork Cloud and Crane Design; Artist Unknown, Korea." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2004-sl-1.279/2004_1_279.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.
