Lot Essay
For a bevelled bottle painted with cranes see Catalogue of selected masterpieces of the Song-Am Fine Art Museum (Seoul: Song Am Cultural Foundation, 1989), pl. 19.
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CHOSON PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A Blue and White Hexagonal Porcelain Bottle
Choson Period (19th Century)
With tall, hexagonal neck painted on the faceted lower body in vivid strokes of underglaze-cobalt with two large phoenixes separated by vertical streamers of clouds, the base of the neck also painted with a band of fretwork above a cloud collar and with a band of lappets below the everted lip, the bottle also decorated with a glossy transparent glaze with blue cast, inscribed in underglaze-blue on the recessed base with the Chinese characters for "cloud" and "wind," hexagonal foot rim unglazed
9in. (22.8cm.) high
Choson Period (19th Century)
With tall, hexagonal neck painted on the faceted lower body in vivid strokes of underglaze-cobalt with two large phoenixes separated by vertical streamers of clouds, the base of the neck also painted with a band of fretwork above a cloud collar and with a band of lappets below the everted lip, the bottle also decorated with a glossy transparent glaze with blue cast, inscribed in underglaze-blue on the recessed base with the Chinese characters for "cloud" and "wind," hexagonal foot rim unglazed
9in. (22.8cm.) high