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AN INLAID MAEBYONG WITH CRANE AND FLOWER DESIGN
Goryeo dynasty (918-1392), 12th century
With a high rounded shoulder tapering to a flared foot and with a
short spout with everted cup-shaped mouth, decorated in inlaid
white and iron-oxide slip with four flowering chrysanthemum sprays,
two above small cranes, the others above a willow and wheat stalks,
a black inlaid key-fret band encircling the base, applied with a finely
crackled celadon glaze
With wood storage box
12 3/8in (31.6cm) high
US$12,000 - 18,000
A celadon maebyeong with similar inlaid decoration is illustrated in
Rhee Byung-chang, ed., Masterpieces of Korean Art, (Tokyo, 1978),
no. 162.
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