Lot 34
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AN IRON-BROWN DECORATED JAR

Details
AN IRON-BROWN DECORATED JAR
CHOSON DYNASTY (16TH CENTURY)

The compressed, lantern-form jar with recessed base and slanted rim decorated in underglaze iron-brown with two long leaf sprays and covered by a white glaze tinged blue in the thicker rivulets flowing from the sides of the vessel toward the foot--4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) high, 7 in. (17.8 cm.) diameter

Lot Essay

For other vessels decorated in iron-brown and white glaze, see Richo tessha ten [An Exhibition of Iron Decorated Wares of the Yi Dynasty], (Osaka: Museum of Oriental Ceramics, 1986) and Richo toji 500 nen no bi [The Glory of Korean Pottery and Porcelain of the Yi Dynasty] (Osaka: Museum of Oriental Ceramics, 1987)