Lot Essay
For a bottle of the same form also painted with bamboo see Byung-chang Rhee, Masterpieces of Korean Art--Yi Ceramics (Tokyo, 1978), no. 242
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A BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE
CHOSON DYNASTY (18TH CENTURY)
The bottle of well-proportioned globular form rising from a short ring foot to the tall, cylindrical neck ending in a rolled lip, painted in underglaze blue above a double line with two stands of bamboo, a tall orchid plant and two dragonflies, a further narrow blue line encircling the foot--8in. (20.4cm.) high, restored break at neck
CHOSON DYNASTY (18TH CENTURY)
The bottle of well-proportioned globular form rising from a short ring foot to the tall, cylindrical neck ending in a rolled lip, painted in underglaze blue above a double line with two stands of bamboo, a tall orchid plant and two dragonflies, a further narrow blue line encircling the foot--8in. (20.4cm.) high, restored break at neck