A BLUE AND WHITE DISH

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A BLUE AND WHITE DISH
choson period (19th century)

The shallow, round dish balanced on a short ring foot painted in the interior in underglaze blue with a butterfly hovering over two delicate rose-peonies beneath a thin a narrow line below the rim, another blue line around the foot, the white glaze thick and glossy with blue hue, especially in several areas in the well and in the recesses of the base, foot unglazed--7 3/8in. (18.7cm.) diameter

Exhibited

Umezawa Gallery, Tokyo, "Chosen no toji II--Richo--/The Summer Exhibition, The Ceramics of Korea (from Li Dynasty)", June 13--July 5, 1970

Lot Essay

Published
Chosen no toji II--Richo--/The Summer Exhibition, The Ceramics of Korea (from Li Dynasty) (Tokyo: Umezawa Gallery, 1970), no. 1

For a very similar dish see Richo no sara/Porcelain Dishes in Choson Dynasty, Korea (Osaka: Museum of Oriental Ceramics, 1991), pl. 20