| Title |
Korean Ceramics: Goryeo (Koryo) Dynasty, Maebyong [009] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 40, Korea, Ceramics, Periods, Koryo Dyn., Mubyong style, 10 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1971 |
| Subject |
Ceramics, Korean--Photographs; Pottery, Korean--Photographs; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston--Photographs; Animals, Mythical--Art--Photographs; Dragons--Art--Photographs; Korea; Art |
| Keywords |
Goryeo Dynasty; Displays |
| Spatial Coverage |
Boston (Mass.) |
| Description |
Photograph of a Korean vase (maebyong) with carved dragon design, Celadon, 11th-12th century, Koryo Dynasty, H: 13.9 in., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Caption on Slide |
Vase, Koryo Dyn., 11th-12th c., Korea maebyong from incised motif celadon. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Caption is from photographer's notes on slide. Note: Appears to be same object (7) as in black & white photograph found in Korean Celadon and Other Wares of the Koryo Period by G. St. G. M. Gompertz (Godfrey St. George Montague Gompertz). Koryŏ Dynasty: A.D. 918-1392 Note: Celadon is a term for ceramics denoting both a type of glaze and a ware of a specific color (pale jade).--Wikipedia. Note: Bottles like this are known as maebyong, which comes from the Chinese mei-ping ('vase for plum blossoms').--British Museum. Note: Meiping is a type of Chinese pottery vase inspired by the shape of the human body. It was meant to hold a single branch of plum tree blossoms.--Encyclopædia Britannica. |
| Type |
Image |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Rights Management |
This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6gt64df |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000. |
| Donor |
Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney |
| Setname |
uum_lctpc |
| ID |
333727 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gt64df |
