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Vase

Vase

  • Place of origin:

    Korea (made)

  • Date:

    1050-1350 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Unglazed grey stoneware, thrown

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Mr Aubrey Le Blond

  • Museum number:

    C.486-1918

  • Gallery location:

    Making Ceramics, room 143, case 4, shelf 2

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This unglazed stoneware vase is divided into six lobes and has a straight mouth, swelling shoulders and slender base. It is of a typical ash-grey colour. Its shape shows a pronounced falling away from the shoulders, below a narrow neck and outward sloping mouth. This type of shape is known as maebyong.
This piece was donated to the museum in 1918 by the collector, Aubrey Le Blond (1869-1937), and his wife, Elizabeth. Travelling throughout the Far East during 1912-13, they acquired a large quantity of Korean ceramics, many of which they later donated to the V&A Museum.

Physical description

The vase is divided into six lobes, has a straight, dished mouth, swelling shoulders and slender base and is of a typical ash-grey colour. Its shape shows a pronounced falling away from the shoulders, below a narrow neck and outward sloping mouth.

Place of Origin

Korea (made)

Date

1050-1350 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Unglazed grey stoneware, thrown

Dimensions

Height: 34.3 cm, Diameter: 18.1 cm

Descriptive line

Vase, unglazed grey stoneware; Korea, Koryo dynasty, 1050-1350

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

McKillop, Beth, Korean art and design: the Samsung gallery of Korean art. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1992, p.54, Plate 16.

Materials

Stoneware

Techniques

Thrown

Categories

Ceramics; Stoneware; Vases

Collection code

EAS

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