Lot Essay
For another white-glazed box and cover see Byung-chang Rhee, Masterpieces of Korean Art--Yi Ceramics (Tokyo: privately published, 1978), no. 169 (Nippon Mingei-kan, Tokyo)
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A WHITE-GLAZED BOX AND COVER
choson dynasty (18th century)
Of square form with very slightly curved end walls and lid set on a square foot enclosing a shallow recessed base, covered by a transluscent white glaze with strong blue tinge, the interior and interior rim glazed, the recessed underside of the lid glazed and the underside edge of the lid unglazed, the foot unglazed and the recessed base glazed save for a center round patch--3¾ x 3¾ x 2¾in. (9.5 x 9.5 x 7cm.)
choson dynasty (18th century)
Of square form with very slightly curved end walls and lid set on a square foot enclosing a shallow recessed base, covered by a transluscent white glaze with strong blue tinge, the interior and interior rim glazed, the recessed underside of the lid glazed and the underside edge of the lid unglazed, the foot unglazed and the recessed base glazed save for a center round patch--3¾ x 3¾ x 2¾in. (9.5 x 9.5 x 7cm.)