Lot Essay
For a jar with a similar bird design see In Search of Plum Blossoms: The 25th special exhibition of Ewha Womans University Museum, exh. cat. (Seoul: Ewha Womans University Museum, 1997), pl. 16.
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CHOSON PERIOD (18TH-19TH CENTURY)
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A Large Blue and White Porcelain Jar
Choson period (18th-19th century)
Of ovoid form with bulbous shoulders below the tall, upright neck, the body decorated in underglaze blue with a frieze of two pairs of birds perched on a gnarled branch of budding and blossoming plum on one side and on branches of bamboo on the other side, all between double-lines and a cloud collar at the base of the neck, the neck additionally encircled by two blue lines and the perimeter above the inward-slanted foot painted in blue with a single line, the vessel applied with a glossy transparent glaze save the foot rim
13 5/8in. (34.7cm.) high
Choson period (18th-19th century)
Of ovoid form with bulbous shoulders below the tall, upright neck, the body decorated in underglaze blue with a frieze of two pairs of birds perched on a gnarled branch of budding and blossoming plum on one side and on branches of bamboo on the other side, all between double-lines and a cloud collar at the base of the neck, the neck additionally encircled by two blue lines and the perimeter above the inward-slanted foot painted in blue with a single line, the vessel applied with a glossy transparent glaze save the foot rim
13 5/8in. (34.7cm.) high