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Late-thirteenth-century Goryeo maebyeong from Buan Yucheon-ri, with inlaid cranes and clouds. Its mouth has a later lacquer-and-gold repair.
Picture source & rightsThe Metropolitan Museum of Art · 27.119.11 · Fletcher Fund, 1927 · Public domain / CC0 · Resized and converted to WebP · Licence terms

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Goryeo Korea: celadon, workshops and collecting

Green-glazed vessels connect regional workshops and technical exchange with elite tastes and difficult questions about collecting the past.

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