Floral Bud Vase

Ki-chul Kim

Titles Floral Bud Vase (Descriptive)
Artist Ki-chul Kim, Korean, born 1933
Medium porcelain
Credit Line Gift of Dr. Charles A. McCallum and Katherine Blount Miles, Co-chairs of the 1996 Birmingham Festival of Arts Salute to The Republic of Korea, 1996.44
Object Name pot
Classification Containers

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