Celadon Prunus Vase with Incised Lotus Design and Inscription of "Hyomun"

A Goryeo celadon prunus vase (maebyeong), 27.7 cm high, 5.3 cm across the mouth and 10.6 cm across the base. A typical Goryeo maebyeong with a small low mouth, it is balanced, its full shoulder flowing softly downward. The decoration is incised in fine line only: a band of flower buds on the shoulder divides the space, with a lotus scroll within. Four large lotus sprays — flowers, leaves, stems and seed pods, lavish and realistic — are incised round the body. At the base are bands of double lotus and fret. A bright, transparent, calm jade-green glaze is applied evenly. The maker's name, Hyomun, written at one edge of the foot, shows that it was made at the kiln site at Yucheon-ri, Buan, North Jeolla. Outstanding among Goryeo maebyeong in form, decoration and glaze, and certain in its place of making, it shows the height of jade-green celadon in the twelfth century.

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Where it is

Region

Yongsan-gu, Seoul

Designation

National Treasure · 국보