Collections: Asian Art: Vase

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Vase

• Medium: Porcelaneous stoneware with celadon glaze
• Place Made: Korea
• Dates: 12th century
• Dynasty: Goryeo Dynasty
• Dimensions: Height: 13 5/16 in. (33.8 cm) Diameter at mouth: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm) Diameter at base: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
• Collections: Asian Art
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Asian Galleries, The Arts of Korea, 2nd Floor
• Accession Number: 76.43
• Credit Line: Gift of Antoinette Kraushaar
• Image: Overall, 76.43_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Vase, 12th century. Porcelaneous stoneware with celadon glaze, Height: 13 5/16 in. (33.8 cm) Diameter at mouth: 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm) Diameter at base: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Antoinette Kraushaar, 76.43 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 76.43_SL1.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: This vase shows features that are typical of maebyeong vases: a broad shoulder and a small mouth. The body is decorated with a cloud design painted with white slip. Considering that few celadon maebyeong were decorated using this slip painting technique, experts believe that it was made before the inlaying technique was developed. The foot is of the concave base type and has five refractory clay marks from kiln stacking. The shape of the vase, the cloud design on the surface, and the techniques used for decoration reveal that it was made in the twelfth century. From "Korean Art Collection in the Brooklyn Museum" catalogue.