A Lobed Stoneware Maebyong
A Lobed Stoneware Maebyong

KORYO DYNASTY (11TH-12TH CENTURY)

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A Lobed Stoneware Maebyong
Koryo Dynasty (11th-12th century)
Of graceful proportions balanced on a slender lower body and flared foot and modelled in the outline of a floret in six lobes formed of deep, vertical channels running from a slender incised line around the shoulders to the flat, circular base
14in. (35.6cm.) high
Provenance
Purchased from Mathias Komor, 1966.5
Exhibited
Asia House Gallery, New York, "The Art of the Korean Potter," 1968

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
The Art of the Korean Potter, exh. cat. (New York: Asia Society, 1968), no. 19.

For other vessels see W. B. Honey, Corean Pottery (London: Faber and Faber, 1947), no. 9; Margaret Medley, comp., Korean and Chinese Ceramics (Cambridge and London: The Fitzwilliam Museum and The Percival David Foundation, 1975), no. 9; Korai richo 500 ten/An Exhibition of Korean Fine Art and Folk Craft, exh. cat. (Tokyo: Mitsukoshi Department Store, 1974), no. 26.

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