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Maebyong
Probably
Unknown
(Pottery)
Vase with cranes and clouds. Stoneware, thrown, inlaid in black and white slip, with details painted in copper-red, and celadon glazed. This maebyong-shaped vase has a wide almost flat shoulder and a full body that gradually tapers towards the spreading foot. The foot-rim is broad and shallow. The everted mouth is restored and does not correspond to the original form, which would have been of angled cup shape. A band of key-fret is inlaid in black slip around the base. Cranes and cloud motifs are sparsely arranged over the whole vessel with a lot of breathing space between; they are inlaid in black and white slip and emphasised with touches of underglaze copper-red, adding accents of brighter colour. The glaze is thinly but unevenly applied; it is glossy and has a pale blue-green tone. The whole surface is covered with a fine crackle. The foot shows traces of fire-clay spurs.
History note: Unknown before donor
Gompertz Gift
Height: 30.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Given
(1984)
by
Gompertz, G. St. G. M., Mr and Mrs
Koryo Dynasty
12th Century
Circa
1150
CE
-
1200
1200
CE
Vessels such as this one were used for wine; the present example appears to have been made at Yuch'on-ri, Puan, North Cholla province, in the latter part of the twelfth century.
Decoration:
composed of
slip
( black and white)
Glaze:
composed of
celadon glaze
Foot:
Diameter 10 cm
Rim:
Diameter 4.8 cm
Throwing : Stoneware, thrown, inlaid in black and white slip, with details painted in copper-red, and celadon-glazed
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.83-1984
Primary reference Number: 16340
Old object number: 68
Box number: 68
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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