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Maebyong: C.50-1981

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Current Location: Gallery 7 (Courtauld)

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Maebyong

Maker(s)

Potter: Huo-ung, You

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Description

Stoneware, thrown, shaped, incised. The vase is of maebyong shape, the tall ovoid body of circular section but flattened on four sides, the short narrow neck with everted tapering rim. The dark grey body is partly covered with kiln gloss and is plain except for an incised horizontal line round the shoulder and three other lines round the rim. The flat base is impressed with a square potter's mark.

Notes

History note: Purchased in Korea by R.A. Crighton and the Director, Professor Michael Jaffé, who visited the kiln.

Legal notes

Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Height: 23.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1981) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

1980s
Production date: circa AD 1981

Note

This reproduction is based on a Silla original. Made by You Huo-ung, Old Silla Kiln, Kyongju, Korea.

Components of the work

Base Diameter 10.8 cm
Rim Diameter 6.3 cm

Materials used in production

Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Throwing : Stoneware, thrown, shaped, incised
Forming
Incising

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.50-1981
Primary reference Number: 15986

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 4 August 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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