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Plum Bottle (Maebyeong)

early 13th century
Object PlaceKorea
Medium/TechniqueGlazed stoneware with inlaid decoration over underglaze iron-brown coating
DimensionsHeight: 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.), Diameter of Mouth: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.), Diameter of Foot: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Charles Bain Hoyt—Charles Bain Hoyt Collection
Accession number50.1024
On View
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ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1948, Charles Bain Hoyt (b. 1889 - d. 1949), Camden; 1950, bequest of Hoyt to the MFA (Accession Date: May 11, 1950).
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