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Maebyeong
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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]
'Maebyong' | |
![]() Maebyeong celadon vase with sanggam engraved cranes (National Treasure No. 68) | |
Korean name | |
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Hangul | 매병 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Maebyeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Maebyŏng |
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]