A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN WATER DROPPER

Details

A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN WATER DROPPER
CHOSON DYNASTY (18TH/19TH CENTURY)

The square water dropper resting on four bracket feet with ribbed sides ending above a slightly recessed smooth area above the feet, the flat top decorated in underglaze blue with a large, stylized flower blossom within a slender line border which is repeated above the base, feet and part of base unglazed, incised character mark on base- 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm.) high, 3 1/2 in. (9.0 cm.) wide, glaze chip top

Literature

Published in Byung-chang Rhee, Masterpieces of Korean Art- Yi Ceramics (Tokyo, 1978), fig. 473

Lot Essay

Published in Byung-Chang Rhee, Masterpieces of Korean Art- Yi Ceramics (Tokyo, 1978), fig. 473 and in Toki zuroku, no. 9 (Tokyo: Yuzan Kaku, 1938), p.99; for a square water dropper with ribbed sides and bracket feet with a design of plum branches on the top see Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka Richo suitekiten [Korean waterdroppers] (Osaka, 1988), no. 37