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Maebyong
Pottery: Unknown
Vase with foliage design. Stoneware, thrown, washed with iron-oxide, painted in white slip, and celadon-glazed. The maebyong-shaped vase has a short neck with a (replaced) cup-shaped mouth, its sides gently tapering from the rounded shoulder to the slightly spread base, with a low curved footring. The whole vessel is covered with iron-oxide onto which three foliage motifs have been painted in white slip. The slip has in places been thickly applied, almost giving the impression of a relief design. A glossy pale green celadon glaze with a fine crackle has been thinly applied on top. The glaze has pooled towards the base, which is mainly unglazed and has fired a reddish colour; the footring shows traces of fire-clay spurs.
History note: Unknown before donor
Gompertz Gift
Method of acquisition: Given (1984) by Gompertz, G. St. G. M., Mr and Mrs
Koryo Dynasty
11th-12th Century#
Circa
1050
-
1150
This type of maebyong was used as a wine vessel, and was made in the kilns at Chinsan-ri, Haenam-gun, South Cholla province, in the second half of the eleventh or first half of the twelfth century.
Decoration
composed of
slip
( white)
Glaze
composed of
celadon glaze
Wash
composed of
iron-oxide
Vase
composed of
stoneware
Height 26.5 cm
Rim
Diameter 5.3 cm
Foot
Diameter 8.5 cm
Accession number: C.430-1984
Primary reference Number: 16264
Old object number: 75
Box number: 75
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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