Maebyeong 매병/梅甁 vessel
Maebyeong 매병/梅甁 vessel
Maebyeong 매병/梅甁 vessel
Maebyeong 매병/梅甁 vessel

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Asian Art
Huo Pavilion

Maebyeong 매병/梅甁 vessel,

12th–13th century

Korean
Goryeo dynasty, 918–1392
y1929-406
This vessel, with its broad shoulders and voluptuous S-shaped profile, exemplifies the Goryeo vessel type called maebyeong. It is decorated with white cranes and clouds that seem to float in the “sky” of the celadon glaze. A special inlay technique called sanggam was used to create the decoration. First, the design was engraved into the clay body and then filled with white or black pigments. Next, the vessel was glazed and fired to a celadon hue. While this maebyeong is sparsely decorated, other examples of sanggam are more ornate, with intricate, repeating designs.

Information

Title
Maebyeong 매병/梅甁 vessel
Dates

12th–13th century

Medium
Stoneware with inlaid decoration of crane and clouds under celadon glaze
Dimensions
h. 36.0 cm., diam. 21.0 cm. (14 3/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Trumbull-Prime Fund
Object Number
y1929-406
Place Made

Asia, Korea

Culture
Korean
Period
Koryo
Type
vessels (containers), ceramics
Materials
stoneware, glaze, celadon
Techniques
inlay (process)
Subject
cranes, clouds

Purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum with the Trumbull-Prime Fund, 1929.

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