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A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN JAR
YI DYNASTY (18TH CENTURY)
Of high-shouldered ovoid form painted in underglaze blue with a bird perched on trailing, flowering branches above a narrow line encircling the vase, painted above the foot three tendril-wrapped floral sprays and below the neck with three additional sprays, the high neck painted with trailing vines between parallel lines- 8 3/16 in. (20.7 cm.) high, losses to glaze on one side, foot restored, fitted wood box
YI DYNASTY (18TH CENTURY)
Of high-shouldered ovoid form painted in underglaze blue with a bird perched on trailing, flowering branches above a narrow line encircling the vase, painted above the foot three tendril-wrapped floral sprays and below the neck with three additional sprays, the high neck painted with trailing vines between parallel lines- 8 3/16 in. (20.7 cm.) high, losses to glaze on one side, foot restored, fitted wood box
Literature
A similar jar with bird and flowers is illustrated in Byung-Chang Rhee, Masterpieces of Korean Art: Yi Ceramics, Tokyo, 1978, pl. 229, p.217