宋代筆記 vol.157 洛克菲勒收藏：高麗青瓷梅瓶，亞洲協會，壺中居二代廣田熙經手 - John D. Rockefeller III, Asia Society, Korean Celadon Meiping Vase, Sold by Kochukyo Hiroshi Hirota in 1974

此件大型梅瓶通體唯一的裝飾，即為覆於淡青色薄釉之上的大片開片紋。豐滿圓潤的肩部、整體雍容的器形，以及比例甚小的口部，皆為「梅瓶」（韓語 maebyong，意為「梅之器」）的典型特徵；其造型源流可追溯至中國的原型。

此類器物極可能作為盛裝液體之用，或為梅酒，或為其他酒類。因此，其原初使用時，瓶口應另配有一件小型杯狀蓋具以覆口。高麗時期的青瓷（即綠釉器）在王室的直接贊助下於全境燒造，其主要使用與流通對象，乃屬於宮廷與上層菁英階層。

The only decoration on this large bottle is a broad pattern of crackles in the thin layer of pale green glaze. The bulbous shoulders, overall voluptuous shape, and the diminutive mouth are characteristic features of the maebyong (meaning "plum vase"), whose form derives from the Chinese prototype. Such bottles were most likely used to hold liquid, possibly plum wine or other liquor. As such, this bottle would originally have had a small cup-like cap covering the mouth. Green-glazed ware, or celadon, was produced throughout the Goryeo dynasty under the patronage of the royal court and was intended primarily for the elite.

梅瓶

11 世紀末至 12 世紀初高麗施釉陶

高 15 又 1/8 英寸，口徑 9 又 1/2 英寸（38.4 × 24.1 公分）

亞洲協會紐約：洛克菲勒三世夫婦珍藏

館藏編號：1979.192

來源

洛克菲勒三世（John D. Rockefeller III），紐約；1974 年購自東京廣田熙（Hiroshi Hirota）；1979 年由洛克菲勒三世捐贈予亞洲協會。

英國鐵路基金會專場，蘇富比1989年12月12日 - British Railway Pension Fund Sotheby's 1989 Dec 12th

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Meiping Vase

Late 11th-early 12th century

Korea

Stoneware with glaze

H. 15 1/8 x Diam. 9 1/2 in. (38.4 x 24.1 cm)

Asia Society, New York: Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection, 1979.192

Provenance

John D. Rockefeller 3rd, New York, NY; acquired from Hiroshi Hirota, Tokyo in 1974.

The Asia Society, New York, NY, bequest of John D. Rockefeller 3rd, New York, NY, 1979.