A blue-and-white porcelain brush holder

Joseon Dynasty (19th century)

Details

A blue-and-white porcelain brush holder
Joseon Dynasty (19th century)
Cylindrical form with a recessed base, decorated in underglaze-blue with blossoming plums, bamboo and grass, double lines at the mouth rim and base, applied with a glossy transparent glaze
5 ½ in. (14 cm.) high
With lacquered wood box

Provenance

Marquis Nabeshima Family Collection

Lot Essay

For a pot with a similar plum painting in the Ataka Collection, see Rhee Byung Chang, Richo toji Yi Ceramics, in Kankoku bijutsu shusen Masterpieces of Korean Art (Tokyo: Privately published, 1978), no. 282.

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