A PUNCH'ONG BOTTLE

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A PUNCH'ONG BOTTLE
CHOSON DYNASTY (15th/16th century)

The pear-form stoneware body with a short neck and trumpet-shaped
mouth set on a raised ring foot, decorated with a thick, brush applied white slip, incised with parallel lines to reveal the dark body and painted in underglaze iron with a band of scrolling tendril patterns, beneath a thin, green-tinged translucent, crackled glaze -- 10 1/4 ins. (26 cm.) x 6 1/8 ins. (15.5 cm.)

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED
Koyama Fujio et al, Korean Ceramics of the Li Dynasty in Sekai Toji Zenshu, Vol. 14, (Tokyo: Kawade Shobo, 1956), pl. 52
Akaboshi Goro and Heiichiro Nakamaru, Five Centuries of Korean Ceramics - Pottery and Porcelain of the Yi Dynasty (New York, Tokyo & Kyoto: Weatherhill/Tankosha, 1975)
Rhee, Byung-chang, Yi Ceramics in Masterpieces of Korean Art, Vol. 3 (Tokyo, 1978), pl. 40, p. 34

The brush-painted white-slip body of this nearly flawless vessel is decorated with a tendril design freely painted in underglaze iron pigment, indicating that it is Kyeryongsan ware. It is typical of this ware that the foot is small and constricted, creating a light feeling. It is also typical that there are three lines incised around the shoulder and a fourth around the base, dividing the vessel into sections; the main section contains the stylized scroll design.