A Celadon Maebyong
Koryo Dynasty (12th Century)
Incised on two opposite sides with a long lotus spray and covered by a celadon glaze of high lustre and variegated crackle, particularly pronounced on one shoulder and above the foot, the glaze emerald-green where thick and with brown patches, flat foot ring unglazed
11.7/8in. (30.3cm.) high
Lot Essay
For other maebyong see Korai meipin ten/Exhibition of Mei-ping Vase[s] Koryo Dynasty, Korea, exh. cat. (Osaka: Museum of Oriental Ceramics, 1985), nos. 3,4.
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