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Maebyong
Pottery: Unknown (Uncertain)
Vase with willows. Stoneware, thrown, inlaid in black and white slip, and celadon glazed. This maebyong-shaped vase has well-rounded outlines, curving in an S-shape from the shoulder to the base. The neck is missing, the footring is low and uneven. It is inlaid in black and white slip with a band of double lotus petals on the shoulder and a design of weeping willows and reeds round the main part of the body, both bordered by twin parallel lines, and somewhat clumsily executed. The glaze varies from a greenish brown to grey-green and is unevenly applied, with an overall crackle. The footing shows traces of fire-clay spurs.
History note: Unknown before donor
Given by Dr W.M. Tapp
Height: 29.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1930-02-15) by Tapp, W. M., Dr
Koryo Dynasty
14th Century
Circa
1350
CE
-
1400
CE
This type of maebyong with exaggerated proportions is typical for the ceramic production at the end of the Koryo dynasty in the fourteenth century. Such vases were made in kilns at Sadang-ri, Kangjin, at Tosu-ri, Kwangju and at Ch'onjang-ri, Ch'ongyang, in the second half of the fourteenth and first half of the fifteenth century.
Decoration
composed of
slip
( black and white)
Glaze
composed of
celadon glaze
Foot
Diameter 10.3 cm
Throwing
: Stoneware, thrown, inlaid in black and white slip, and celadon-glazed
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.15-1930
Primary reference Number: 16342
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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