{{Short description|Type of Korean vessel}} {{Italic title}} {{Infobox Korean name/auto |image=Goryeo Celadon.jpg |caption=''Maebyeong'' celadon vase with ''sanggam'' engraved cranes (National Treasure No. 68) |hangul=매병 |hanja=梅甁 }} '''''Maebyeong''''' ({{Korean|hangul=매병}}) refers to Korean vessels with a small slightly curled mouth rim, short neck, round shoulder, and constricted waist.<ref>[http://mediaserver.prweb.com/pdfdownload/778834/pr.pdf PRWeb]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} </ref> The maebyong is derived from the Chinese ''meiping'' (literally "plum vase").<ref>{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Judith G.|title=Arts of Korea|year=1998|publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art|location=New York|isbn=978-0-87099-850-8|page=415|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pgTqAAAAMAAJ&q=maebyong+meiping}}</ref><ref name="British Museum">{{cite book |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/asia/p/punchong_ware_maebyong_vase.aspx |title=Punchong ware maebyong vase |author=Jane Portal |work=Korea - art and archaeology |location=London |publisher=The British Museum Press |year=2000 |accessdate=2008-05-14 |isbn=0-7141-1487-1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804181456/http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/asia/p/punchong_ware_maebyong_vase.aspx |archive-date=2008-08-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Unlike the Chinese meiping, the Korean maebyeong vase usually flares outward at the base. They were first used to hold wine and later branches of plum blossoms.<ref name=guimet>{{cite web|title=Meiping|url=http://www.guimet.fr/fr/component/glossaire/?word=Meiping|publisher=Musée Guimet|accessdate=2016-12-13|language=French}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fire Gilded Silver #Item3755|url=http://www.tkasian.com/pages/metals/silver/3755/3755intro.html|publisher=TK Asian Antiquities|accessdate=22 August 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331012701/http://www.tkasian.com/pages/metals/silver/3755/3755intro.html|archivedate=31 March 2012}}</ref>
Some of these vessels have a cup-shaped cover over the mouth, so that they seemed to be used to store high quality wine such as ''insamju'' (인삼주, ginseng wine) or ''maehwaju'' (매화주; rice wine made with plum)<ref>"Maebyong [Korea] (27.119.11)". In Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/27.119.11/ (October 2006)</ref> It would have originally had a lid and there are many maebyong with ginseng leaves on the surfaces.<ref name="EncyKorea">{{cite web|url=http://100.empas.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=K&i=292090&v=45 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122021234/http://100.empas.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=K&i=292090&v=45 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-22 |script-title=ko:매병 (梅甁) |publisher=EncyKorea |accessdate=2008-05-14 |language=Korean }} </ref>
== Ju-byeong vase or bottle shape == A common name for the maebyeong is the "male vase".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kaesong 개성 by Brian McMorrow |url=https://pbase.com/bmcmorrow/kaesong |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=PBase |language=en-US}}</ref> The corresponding "female vase" is called a ju-byeong (Korean: 주병) .<ref>{{Cite web |title=Korean-Arts Celadon Vases & Bottles |url=http://www.korean-arts.com/vases_bottles/celadon_vases_and_bottles.htm |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=www.korean-arts.com}}</ref> South Korean potters frequently make sets of matching maebyeong and jubyeong vases that are usually purchased as a gift for a newly wed couple.<ref>{{Cite web |title=[11번가] 청자 상감 운학문 매병 주병 세트 특대/고려청자/한국전통 골동품/장식용 공예품/민속인테리어/작품 도자기 |url=https://www.11st.co.kr/products/2213617075 |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=www.11st.co.kr |language=ko}}</ref> The combination of a maebyeong and jubyeong is also called a vase and bottle.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Celadon |url=http://www.korean-arts.com/about/Celadon%20-%20Old%20and%20Modern.htm#:~:text=of%20a%20signature-,Value,the%20National%20Museum%20of%20Korea. |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=www.korean-arts.com}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Korea-Goryeo celadon-08.jpg File:Korea-Goryeo celadon-04.jpg File:Korean poreclain-Maebyong-01.jpg File:Korean porcelain-Goryeo-Maebyong-01.jpg File:Vase with chrysanthemum design in inlay, Korea, Goryeo dynasty, 1300s AD, ceramic, celadon glaze - Tokyo National Museum - Tokyo, Japan - DSC08179.jpg|Ju-byeong style </gallery>
==See also== *Korean pottery and porcelain *Buncheong *Joseon white porcelain *''Vase with Cranes and Clouds''
==References== {{Reflist}}
'''Sources''' *{{cite web|url=http://www.guimet.fr/en/collections-en/korea/407-maebyong-vase-celadon-glaze|title=Maebyong vase, celadon glaze|location=Paris|publisher=Musée Guimet|accessdate=2016-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220113250/http://www.guimet.fr/en/collections-en/korea/407-maebyong-vase-celadon-glaze|archive-date=2016-12-20|url-status=dead}} *{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vqqob_n_PtwC |title=Handbook of Korean art: Earthenware and Celadon |author=Youngsook Pak |author2=Roderick Whitfield |publisher=Laurence King Publishing|year=2003|accessdate=2008-05-14 |isbn=1-85669-360-0}}
== External links == {{Commonscat-inline|Maebyong}}
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