Lot Essay
For another jarlet and and cover of very similar form and with iron-decoration and white glaze, see 2000 Years of Korean Arts (National Museum of Korea, 1973), no. 430.
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AN IRON-DECORATED JARLET AND COVER
CHOSON DYNASTY (17TH CENTURY)
Of slightly compressed globular form set on a short ring foot with short, upright rim and fitted with a flat, disc cover with underside ring stopper, the body and lid decorated in underglaze iron-brown with floral sprays and covered with a thin, white glaze, slightly gray in patches-- 2 1/4 in. (5.6 cm.) high
CHOSON DYNASTY (17TH CENTURY)
Of slightly compressed globular form set on a short ring foot with short, upright rim and fitted with a flat, disc cover with underside ring stopper, the body and lid decorated in underglaze iron-brown with floral sprays and covered with a thin, white glaze, slightly gray in patches-- 2 1/4 in. (5.6 cm.) high