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A VERY RARE KOREAN BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED VASE

CHOSON PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY

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A VERY RARE KOREAN BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED VASE
choson period, 18th century
Painted around the body with four lotus flowers centred within symmetrical leafy scrolls below the tall plain neck, the mouth rim with two parallel bands, foot rim chip restored
14¾in. (37.5cm.) high

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See the almost identical vase exhibited, The Art of the Korean Potter, 1968, Catalogue, p.113, fig.101 from the Rockefeller Collection; and another, exhibited, Treasures of Asian Art, 1994, Catalogue, no.216 where a date of mid/late 18th century is suggested.

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