Meiping
A meiping (Chinese: 梅瓶; pinyin: méipíng; literally: "plum vase") is a type of Chinese vase.[1] It is traditionally used to display branches of plum blossoms.[1][2] The meiping was first made of stoneware during the Tang dynasty (618-907).[3] It was originally used as a wine vessel, but since the Song dynasty (960–1279) it became popular as a plum vase and got its name "meiping".[4] It has a narrow base, a wide body, a narrow neck, and a small opening.[2][4][5]
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Cizhou stoneware, 13th century, Song dynasty
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Yaozhou ware, celadon, Song dynasty
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Vase from Musée Guimet, Paris
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Vase with copper-red underglaze, Ming dynasty
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Vase with horizontal ribs, Southern Song period
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Lidded vase with lotus sprays, Qingbai ware, Southern Song period
See also
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- Chinese ceramics
- Maebyeong (Korean equivalent)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Welch, Patricia Bjaaland (2008). Chinese art: a guide to motifs and visual imagery. North Clarendon: Tuttle Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-8048-3864-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Prunus Vase (meiping)". Saint Louis Art Museum. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ↑ "Fire Gilded Silver #Item3755". TK Asian Antiquities. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Meiping". Musée Guimet. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ↑ "meiping". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
External links
- A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics from The Metropolitan Museum of Art