Lot 20
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A PUNCH'ONG BOTTLE

Details
A PUNCH'ONG BOTTLE
choson period (15th-16th century)

Of ovoid form well-balanced on a tall foot with waisted neck ending in a wide mouth, painted in underglaze iron-brown with three panels of decoration between incised lines, on the body are two stands of different flowers separated by large leaves with serrated edges enclosing two pendant blossoms centered by rows of curled stems, at the base of the neck is a band of stiff leaves and encircling the neck is a band of foliate scroll, three additional incised lines on the ring foot, brushed overall with white slip and covered by a glossy celadon-type glaze, thick and green in one place above the foot and with dense crackle--12in. (30.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

For similar bottles see Funsei saki/Punch'ong Ware of Choson Dynasty, Korea (Osaka: Museum of Oriental Ceramics, 1996), cover and pl. 19 and Byung-chang Rhee, Masterpieces of Korean Art--Yi Ceramics (Tokyo: privately published, 1978), pl. 26; Masterpieces of Punchong Ware from the Ho-Am Art Museum (Seoul: Ho-Am Art Gallery, 1993), pl. 124 and Masterpieces of the Ho-Am Art Museum (Seoul: Samsung Art and Culture Foundation, 1982), pl. 64