| Title |
Korean Ceramics: Goryeo (Koryo) Dynasty, Maebyong [002] |
| Photo Number |
Box 40, Korea, Ceramics, Periods, Koryo Dyn., Mubyong style, 4 |
| Description |
Photograph of a Korean celadon vase (maebyong) inscribed with lotus leaves and tedrils, H: 17 1/2 in., similar to Chinese meiping pottery, late 11th century to Early 12th century, Koryo Dynasty |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Date |
1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978 |
| Subject |
Ceramics, Korean--Photographs; Pottery, Korean--Photographs; Lotus--Art--Photographs; Korea; Art; Kungnip Chungang Pangmulgwan (Korea) |
| Keywords |
Goryeo Dynasty; Displays |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Holding Institution |
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Spatial Coverage |
Korea (South); Seoul (Korea) |
| Caption on Slide |
End 11th c. - early 12th c. celadon vase inscribed with lotus, leaves, and tedrils. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Caption is from photographer's notes on slide. 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 |
| 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. |
| Rights |
 |
| Textual Date |
1947-2004 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6d22dtd |
| 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 |
333720 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6d22dtd |
