Lot Essay
See the similar vase in the National Museum of Korea, Seoul, illustrated Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol.2, pl.184; and another was sold in our New York rooms, 22 April 1992, lot 19
KOREAN CERAMICS FROM VARIOUS COLLECTIONS
A RARE PUNCH'ONG PEAR-SHAPED VASE
CHOSON PERIOD, 15TH/16TH CENTURY
Details
A RARE PUNCH'ONG PEAR-SHAPED VASE
choson period, 15th/16th century
The body painted with three large brown lappets and a stylised flower spray between incised horizontal lines below the flaring neck and above the spreading foot, all on a cream ground, restoration to rim and body
11½in. (29cm.) high, wood box
choson period, 15th/16th century
The body painted with three large brown lappets and a stylised flower spray between incised horizontal lines below the flaring neck and above the spreading foot, all on a cream ground, restoration to rim and body
11½in. (29cm.) high, wood box