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7043                                              7043 (another view)




           7043
           A BUNCHEONG STONEWARE MAEBYEONG WITH INLAID
           DECORATION
           Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897), 15th century
           With a large, expanding shoulder and body above a rather narrow
           waist flaring towards the foot and gently sloping towards a waisted
           neck with everted rim, decorated in inlaid black and white slip
           (sanggam) with a willow tree and two sparrows perched on thin reeds
           below wide bands of stripes and lappets, elongated lappets on the
           lower section, covered in a thin glossy glaze
           With a labeled wood storage box
           11 1/2in (29.2cm) high
           US$10,000 - 15,000

           Maebyeong jars with similar inlay of birds are illustrated in
           Masterpieces of Pucheong Ware II: Ho-am Art Museum (Seoul,
           2001), p. 52, pl. 32; and Youngsook Pak and Roderick Whitfield,
           Handbook of Korean Art : Earthenware and Celadon (Seoul: Yekyong
           Publishing Co., 2002), pl. 74.


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