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Lot 3232
A buncheong bottle with carved peony decoration Joseon dynasty, 15th century
18 March 2015, 13:00 EDT
New YorkUS$50,000 - US$70,000
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Senior Vice President, US Head, Asian Art Group
A buncheong bottle with carved peony decoration
Joseon dynasty, 15th century
Potted with a flared rim to the waisted neck and a full, pear-shaped body raised on a tall foot, the exterior brushed with a coating of white slip which was then incised and carved away, forming a band of descending flower petals above the more exuberant design of leafy peony sprays in bloom, the exposed clay fabric burning to a dark gray background in contrast to the crisp white slip beneath the straw-tinged glaze that stops unevenly above the foot, the recessed base also wiped with a thin coating of white slip
11 1/8in (28.2cm) high
Potted with a flared rim to the waisted neck and a full, pear-shaped body raised on a tall foot, the exterior brushed with a coating of white slip which was then incised and carved away, forming a band of descending flower petals above the more exuberant design of leafy peony sprays in bloom, the exposed clay fabric burning to a dark gray background in contrast to the crisp white slip beneath the straw-tinged glaze that stops unevenly above the foot, the recessed base also wiped with a thin coating of white slip
11 1/8in (28.2cm) high
Footnotes
The boldly carved peony decoration on this bottle can be compared to that found on a bottle of rice-bale shape and another of flattened flask form, both illustrated in Masterpieces of the Ho-Am Art Museum: I Antique Art, 1 Ceramics, Seoul, 1996, cat. no. 84, p. 95 and cat. no. 89, p.101 (both as 15th century). See also the tall jar discussed and illustrated in Korean Buncheong Ceramics from Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011, cat. no. 31, pp. 56 and 57 (also as 15th century).