'Maebyong' | |
Korean name | |
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Hangul | 매병 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Maebyeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Maebyŏng |
Maebyeong (Mae-byeong, Korean:매병) refers to Korean vessels with a small slightly curled mouth rim, short neck, round shoulder, and constricted waist. [1] The maebyong is derived from the Chinese meiping (literally "plum vase"). [2] [3] 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. [4] [5]
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) [6] It would have originally had a lid and there are many maebyong with ginseng leaves on the surfaces. [7]
A common name for the maebyeong is the "male vase". [8] The corresponding "female vase" is called a ju-byeong (Korean: 주병) . [9] South Korean potters frequently make sets of matching maebyeong and jubyeong vases that are usually purchased as a gift for a newly wed couple. [10] The combination of a maebyeong and jubyeong is also called a vase and bottle. [11]
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