Blue-and-white jar with dragon-and-cloud design / Artist Unknown, Korea
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2004/1.282
- Title
- Blue-and-white jar with dragon-and-cloud design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Artist Nationality
- Korean
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with cobalt pigment under colorless glaze
- Object Creation Date
- 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
- 25.1 cm x 20 cm x 20 cm (9 7/8 in. x 7 7/8 in. x 7 7/8 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- jar
- Physical Description
- Large porcelain jar decorated with cobalt pigment under colorless glaze. Repeating clouds border the rim of the jar, while a dragon head and feet are depicted on the main body below. Two blue bands separate the design from the white base below, balancing the rim and bottom portion of the jar. The very tip and base of the piece are also marked with blue bands.
- Subject Matter
- Dragon and cloud design.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- legendary creatures
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- pottery (object genre)
- stoneware
- vessels
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- 2004/1.282
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2004-sl-1.282/go2004.9.150.jpg
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"Blue-and-white jar with dragon-and-cloud design; Artist Unknown, Korea." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2004-sl-1.282/go2004.9.150.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 20, 2024.
