Duck-Shaped Vessel / Kim YikYung
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.30
- Title
- Duck-Shaped Vessel
- Artist
- Kim YikYung
- Artist Nationality
- Korean
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1935
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with iron oxide painting over white slip under colorless glaze
- 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.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- birds
- containers
- containers by form
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- pottery (object genre)
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Record
- 2010/2.30
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-2.30/ri_pc2010_2.jpg
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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 May 19, 2024.