A Large White Porcelain Ritual Bowl

CHOSON PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)

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A Large White Porcelain Ritual Bowl
Choson period (17th century)
Rising from the notched raised circular foot to a wide mouth cut in four places on the rim with four raised flat flanges set above long, narrow notched flanges applied at four places on the sides, the vessel covered overall with a transparent glaze of high gloss and blue hue; foot rim and recessed base unglazed and encrusted with kiln grit
6 3/8in. (16.2cm.) high; 9¼in. (23.5cm.) diameter of rim

Lot Essay

For a ritual bowl in the collection of the National Museum of Korea see Rhee Byung-Chang, Richo toji/Yi Ceramics, in Kankoku bijutsu shusen/Masterpieces of Korean Art (Tokyo: privately published, 1978), pl. 141; for another vessel see Richo no saiki/Ritual Vessels of Yi Dynasty, Korea, exh. cat. (Osaka: Museum of Oriental Ceramics, 1988), no. 15; and Richo toji 500 nen no bi/Glory of Korean Pottery and Porcelain of the Yi Dynasty (Osaka: Museum of Oriental Ceramics, 1987), pl. 57.

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