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Plum Bottle (Maebyeong)


청자음각모란당초문매병, 靑瓷陰刻牡瀾唐草文梅甁
Korean
Goryeo dynasty
early 13th century
Object Place: Korea

Medium/Technique Stoneware with celadon glaze and incised decorations
Dimensions Height: 38.0 cm (14 15/16 in.), Diameter of Mouth: 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.), Diameter of Base: 11.9 cm (4 11/16 in.)
Credit Line The John Pickering Lyman Collection—Gift of Miss Theodora Lyman
Accession Number19.874
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsCeramicsPotteryStoneware

ProvenanceBy 1914, John Pickering Lyman (b. 1847 - d. 1914), Portsmouth; 1914, by inheritance to his sister, Miss Theodora Lyman (d. 1919), Portsmouth; 1919, gift of Miss Lyman to the MFA (Accession Date: September 18, 1919).