Small blue-and-white jar with abstracted plant design / Artist Unknown, Korea
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- Accession Number
- 1977/1.195
- Title
- Small blue-and-white jar with abstracted plant design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Artist Nationality
- Korean
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze painting
- Object Creation Date
- 17th century - 18th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Korean Peninsula (peninsula)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Korean Peninsula (peninsula)
- Dimensions
- 7.3 cm x 7.7 cm x 7.7 cm (2 7/8 in. x 3 1/16 in. x 3 1/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- bottle
- Secondary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Secondary Object Type
- bottle
- Physical Description
- This bottle has a slightly out-turned astragal mouth. Short slender neck and a bulbous body that is rather heavy. The whole foot is rather high and thick. The body is decorated with a simple abstract floral design in cobalt-blue pigment.
- Subject Matter
- This kind of oil bottle can be seen from Union Silla and has various shapes. Small bottle is usually used to store the oil mixing the cosmetics. Bigger bottle is used to store the oil for skin beauty care or hair oil.
- Secondary Keywords
- ceramics
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- pottery (object genre)
- stoneware
- vessels
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 891 x 1161
- File Size
- 51 KB
- Record
- 1977/1.195
- Link to this Item
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"Small blue-and-white jar with abstracted plant design; Artist Unknown, Korea." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1977-sl-1.195/1977_1.195.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
