An Inlaid and Celadon-Decorated Stoneware Maebyong
Koryo Dynasty (12th-13th Century)
Evenly proportioned and balanced on a ring foot, inlaid below a collar of yo'i-shaped clouds of inlaid white slip with iron-slip details with three large leaf-shaped reserves: one of a willow in black slip, one of a peony with white-slip blossoms and black-slip stem and leaves, and one of miscanthus grasses with white-slip tops and black-slip stalks, all framed by black and white line borders, also inlaid in white slip with a narrow geometric band above the foot; the body also incised with three vertical lines descending from the pointed tips of the clouds around the neck and applied overall save the foot rim with a bright green celadon glaze, emerald where thick, and with variegated crackle
11¼in. (18.8cm.) high
An Inlaid and Celadon-Decorated Stoneware Maebyong
Koryo Dynasty (12th-13th Century)
Evenly proportioned and balanced on a ring foot, inlaid below a collar of yo'i-shaped clouds of inlaid white slip with iron-slip details with three large leaf-shaped reserves: one of a willow in black slip, one of a peony with white-slip blossoms and black-slip stem and leaves, and one of miscanthus grasses with white-slip tops and black-slip stalks, all framed by black and white line borders, also inlaid in white slip with a narrow geometric band above the foot; the body also incised with three vertical lines descending from the pointed tips of the clouds around the neck and applied overall save the foot rim with a bright green celadon glaze, emerald where thick, and with variegated crackle
11¼in. (18.8cm.) high
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