Celadon stoneware vase
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Jun 2005
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Toshiya Fujiwara
notes: label: Notes
content: Round with narrow neck and high shoulders tapering down to flat foot ring enclosing a shallow recessed base. Inlaid on opposite sides of the shoulders in white and iron slip with two flying cranes (representing longevity, according to Dr. Paul Taylor, curator of Asian Ethnology). Brushed overall with iron slip under a thin celadon glaze. According to Dr. Taylor, the native term "maebyeong" literally means plum vase. Vase was presumably originally used for plum wine. Listed in Christie's Auction Catalog (Japanese & Korean Art), Sept. 2003 (Sale 1266, Lot 389). Two labels on bottom of vase: "16 Sept. 03; Sale 1266; Lot 389" and barcode "21041617".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Korea, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Korean
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2033192
label: USNM Number
content: E431406-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Vase
physicalDescription: label: Maximum Diameter - Object
content: 16.2 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 25.5 cm