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A glazed white porcelain candle stand Joseon dynasty, 19th century
18 March 2015, 13:00 EDT
New YorkUS$20,000 - US$30,000
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Senior Vice President, US Head, Asian Art Group
A glazed white porcelain candle stand
Joseon dynasty, 19th century
Of circular form and carefully molded with its upturned rim into six flower petals forming a well around a hexagonal stepped stand with circular hole, the conforming foot enclosing a flat base incised in Chinese characters with the cyclical date wu-ja corresponding to 1828, sixth month, 14th day visible beneath the translucent glaze with a pale blue cast covering all surfaces except the foot pad and the walls of the circular hole at the center
4 1/8in (10.5cm) diameter
Of circular form and carefully molded with its upturned rim into six flower petals forming a well around a hexagonal stepped stand with circular hole, the conforming foot enclosing a flat base incised in Chinese characters with the cyclical date wu-ja corresponding to 1828, sixth month, 14th day visible beneath the translucent glaze with a pale blue cast covering all surfaces except the foot pad and the walls of the circular hole at the center
4 1/8in (10.5cm) diameter
Footnotes
The limpid, blue-tinged glaze and the refined white clay of this candle stand are characteristics of the finest-quality porcelains fired during the 19th century. See, for example, the brush holder with reticulated plantain leaf design and the square sectioned wine bottle in the Avery Brundage Collection, illustrated by Kumja Baik Kim in The Art of Korea: Highlights from the Collection of San Francisco's Asian Art Museum, 2006, cat. nos. 23 and 24, pp. 128-131. See also the brush holders and water droppers of similar color and refinement illustrated in Masterpieces of the Ho-Am Art Museum I: Antique Art, 1 Ceramics, Seoul, 1966, cat. nos. 116-119, pp.128-139.
For another white glazed porcelain candle stand with floriform base but supporting a tall, faceted shaft, see Oriental Ceramics: The World's Great Collections, Vol. 2: National Museum of Korea, Seoul, Tokyo, 1982, cat. no. 214 (11.4cm high, 8.5cm diameter). See also the white glazed candle stick of hexagonal section and conforming shaft (6 1/8in/15.6cm high), sold in Sotheby's, New York, Korean Works of Art sale 6819, 27 March 1996, lot 31.