17 juillet 2016
Maebyeong with chrysanthemum decoration, Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), 13th century
Maebyeong with chrysanthemum decoration, Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), 13th century. Stoneware with iron-brown and white-slip decoration of chrysanthemums under celadon glaze. H. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm); Diam. 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm). Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 1915; 15.29.1 © 2000–2016 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Maebyeong, a Korean transliteration of the Chinese term meiping (plum bottle), refers to a shape like this vessel’s, with rounded shoulders and curved contours as well as a distinctive lip.
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