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A PUNCH'ONG BOWL
choson period (15th-16th century)
Balanced on an inset, raised ring foot with curved walls rising to the narrow, everted rim, inlaid in white slip in the cavetto with a roundel of chrysanthemums with arching stems and feathery foliage surrounded by a border of lappets, also inlaid in white slip, the interior walls inlaid in white slip with a wide band of 'rope curtain' ending at a narrower border of symmetrical foliage at the curved rim, inlaid on the exterior of the bowl below the lip with a matching band of foliage, a matching band of 'rope curtain', a narrow band of chrysanthemum florets and a narrow band of lappets like those surrounding the interior roundel, a chain of circles inlaid in white slip around the perimeter of the foot, the body also covered by a glossy transparent glaze, green-tinged and crystalline in the well, which ends at the foot, the recessed base also applied with the transparent glaze
7¼in. (18.5cm.) diameter, 3in. (7.7cm.) high
