Lobed maebyeong, 13th century
Unknown Koreanexpand_more
Stoneware with incidental ash glazeexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.488
On View in Gallery 206expand_more
Vessels like this one, with its relatively narrow base that elegantly swells to broad shoulders and then narrows dramatically at the mouth, first gained popularity in China in the 900s, and came to be called “plum vessels,” or meiping in Chinese. Known as maebyeong in Korea, they are sometimes described as having been used for displaying branches of blossoming plum or other flowers but were more likely used to store plum wine. The lobes of this gracefully curving maebyeong are meant to suggest the sectioned exterior of a melon.
Details
- Title
- Lobed maebyeong
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.488
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 899
- Curator Approved
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