Duck-Shaped Vessel / Kim YikYung

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Accession Number
2010/2.30
Title
Duck-Shaped Vessel
Artist
Kim YikYung
Artist Nationality
Korean
Artist Life Dates
born 1935
Object Creation Date
2004
Object Creation Place
Asia (continent)
South Korea (nation)
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Creation Place 2
South Korea (nation)
Dimensions
67.31 cm x 78.74 cm x 29.21 cm (26 1/2 in. x 31 in. x 11 1/2 in.)
Century
21st century
Primary Object Classification
Ceramic
Primary Object Type
vessel
Physical Description
This lidded vessel forms the shape of a duck, with a tail pointing from the rear and a head rising to face forward in the front. Qhite slip was applied with visible and long brish strokes, and iron oxide painting adds a rusty hue to match the lower, unglazed clay color.
Subject Matter
Honored as artist of the year in 2004 by the National Museum of Contemporary Art in South Korea, Kim Yik-Yung's peices draw on Joseon courtly elegance and combine abstract forms with a focus on the overlap between function and aesthetic.
Primary Keywords
ceramics
ducks
stoneware
vessel
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2010/2.30
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"Duck-Shaped Vessel; Kim YikYung." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-2.30/ri_pc2010_2.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 18, 2024.
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