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Maebyong
Potter: Huo-ung, You
Stoneware, thrown, shaped, incised. The vase is of maebyong shape, the tall ovoid body of circular section but flattened on four sides, the short narrow neck with everted tapering rim. The dark grey body is partly covered with kiln gloss and is plain except for an incised horizontal line round the shoulder and three other lines round the rim. The flat base is impressed with a square potter's mark.
History note: Purchased in Korea by R.A. Crighton and the Director, Professor Michael Jaffé, who visited the kiln.
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 23.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1981) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Production date: circa AD 1981
This reproduction is based on a Silla original. Made by You Huo-ung, Old Silla Kiln, Kyongju, Korea.
Base
Diameter 10.8 cm
Rim
Diameter 6.3 cm
Throwing
: Stoneware, thrown, shaped, incised
Forming
Incising
Accession number: C.50-1981
Primary reference Number: 15986
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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