CHOSON PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

Details

A Square Porcelain Incense Box
Choson Period (18th century)
Applied with a glossy clear glaze with blue cast, the flat base, rims of lower box and lid unglazed, and the flat underside of the lid within the recessed rims glazed
3 5/8 x 3 5/8 x 3 5/8in. (9.3 x 9.3 x 9.3cm.)

Lot Essay

For other boxes see Choson shidae moonbang jaegu/The Elegant Beauty of Choson Scholars' Studies (Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 1992), pl. 531; Masterpieces from Horim Museum I (Seoul: Horim Museum, 1999), pl. 147; Rhee Byung-chang, Richo toji/Yi Ceramics in Kankoku bijutsu shusen/Masterpieces of Korean Art (Tokyo: Privately published, 1978), no. 169.

More from JAPANESE AND KOREAN ART

View All