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A large white-glazed long necked bottle Joseon dynasty, 17th/18th century
18 March 2015, 13:00 EDT
New YorkUS$40,000 - US$60,000
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A large white-glazed long necked bottle
Joseon dynasty, 17th/18th century
Of impressive size and thickly potted with a rolled and flared rim atop the long neck rising from a body of asymmetrical pear shape and tall foot ring surrounding the deeply recessed base, the creamy white glaze layer of uneven color displaying an irregular web of pale brown craze lines and russet staining from use, the deeply recessed base also showing an irregular layer of glaze
18in (45.8cm) high
Of impressive size and thickly potted with a rolled and flared rim atop the long neck rising from a body of asymmetrical pear shape and tall foot ring surrounding the deeply recessed base, the creamy white glaze layer of uneven color displaying an irregular web of pale brown craze lines and russet staining from use, the deeply recessed base also showing an irregular layer of glaze
18in (45.8cm) high
Footnotes
A bottle of this large size seems to be a rare survivor from the mid-Joseon period, its heavy fabric, asymmetrical body and the glaze color consistent with more numerous storage jars preserved in major Korean collections. For examples from the Horim Museum, see Joseon baekja myeongpum-jeon (Masterpieces of Choson White Porcelain), Seoul, 2003, cat. no. 237, p. 229 (38.8cm high, as 17th century) and cat. nos. 204 and 205, pp. 201 and 202 (35.5 and 32.5cm high, both as 18th century). For examples from the Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, see Richo no toji 500-nen no bi (Glory of Korean Pottery and Porcelain of the Yi Dynasty), 1987, cat. no. 59, p. 106 (45.0cm high, as 17th century); and Yuen no iro, shitsuboku no katachi (Color and Elegance, Form of Simplicity), 1998, cat. no 90 jar (acc. no. 21765), pp. 130-131 and p. 330 (54.7cm, as second half of the 17th century); and cat. no. 102 jar (acc. no. 21397), p. 140 (36.0cm high, as early 18th century).