The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Maebyeong

Period:: Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
Date:: late 13th century
Culture:: Korea
Medium:: Stoneware with inlaid decoration of cranes and clouds under celadon glaze
Dimensions:: H. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm); Diam. 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm); Diam. of base 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Fletcher Fund, 1927
Accession Number:: 27.119.11

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 233

Description

This quintessentially Korean maebyeong ("plum bottle"), with a voluptuous form and an eye-catching design of cranes and clouds, was produced at the famous celadon kiln site Buan Yucheolli.
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What
Ceramics (29,320)

Pottery (12,856)

Glaze (5,188)

Stoneware (1,407)

Ceramic glaze (1,114)

Celadon (225)
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Asia (68,073)

Korea (662)
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A.D. 1000-1400 (7,084)
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