Maebyeong

'Maebyong'
Maebyeong celadon vase with sanggam engraved cranes (National Treasure No. 68)
Korean name
Hangul	매병
Hanja	梅甁
Revised Romanization	Maebyeong
McCune–Reischauer	Maebyŏng

Maebyeong (Mae-byeong, Korean:매병) refers to Korean vessels with a small slightly curled mouth rim, short neck, round shoulder, and constricted waist.[1] The maebyong is derived from the Chinese meiping (literally "plum vase").[2][3] Unlike the Chinese meiping, the Korean maebyeong vase usually flares outward at the base. They were first used to hold wine and later branches of plum blossoms.[4][5]

Some of these vessels have a cup-shaped cover over the mouth, so that they seemed to be used to store high quality wine such as insamju (인삼주, ginseng wine) or maehwaju (매화주; rice wine made with plum)[6] It would have originally had a lid and there are many maebyong with ginseng leaves on the surfaces.[7]

Ju-byeong vase or bottle shape

A common name for the maebyeong is the "male vase".[8] The corresponding "female vase" is called a ju-byeong (Korean: 주병) .[9] South Korean potters frequently make sets of matching maebyeong and jubyeong vases that are usually purchased as a gift for a newly wed couple.[10] The combination of a maebyeong and jubyeong is also called a vase and bottle.[11]

Gallery

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  Ju-byeong style

See also

• Korean pottery and porcelain
• Buncheong
• Joseon white porcelain

References

1. PRWeb^[dead link‍]
2. Smith, Judith G. (1998). Arts of Korea. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 415. ISBN 978-0-87099-850-8.
3. Jane Portal (2000). Punchong ware maebyong vase. London: The British Museum Press. ISBN 0-7141-1487-1. Archived from the original on 2008-08-04. Retrieved 2008-05-14. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
4. "Meiping" (in French). Musée Guimet. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
5. "Fire Gilded Silver #Item3755". TK Asian Antiquities. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
6. "Maebyong [Korea] (27.119.11)". In Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/27.119.11/ (October 2006)
7. 매병 (梅甁) (in Korean). EncyKorea. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
8. "Kaesong 개성 by Brian McMorrow". PBase. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
9. "Korean-Arts Celadon Vases & Bottles". www.korean-arts.com. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
10. "[11번가] 청자 상감 운학문 매병 주병 세트 특대/고려청자/한국전통 골동품/장식용 공예품/민속인테리어/작품 도자기". www.11st.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-01-28.
11. "Celadon". www.korean-arts.com. Retrieved 2024-01-28.

Sources

• "Maebyong vase, celadon glaze". Paris: Musée Guimet. Archived from the original on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-13.
• Youngsook Pak; Roderick Whitfield (2003). Handbook of Korean art: Earthenware and Celadon. Laurence King Publishing. ISBN 1-85669-360-0. Retrieved 2008-05-14.

External links

Media related to Maebyong at Wikimedia Commons