Lot 34
34
A FACETTED WHITE PORCELAIN BOWL

CHOSON PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

Details
A FACETTED WHITE PORCELAIN BOWL
choson period (18th century)
Rising in ten facets from the ten-sided foot enclosing a deep recessed base to the wide, flared rim, the well circular delineated by an incised, narrow ring, covered overall save the thick foot by a glossy transparent glaze with blue cast, pooling slightly more blue in the incised line on the interior, also incised in hangul above the foot with an inventory inscription Ting tuck nyun wha shun ong jeup kub il duck il
7¼in. (18.3cm.) diameter, 2½in. (8.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

For other bowls of this type see Richo no saiki/Ritual Vessels of Yi Dynasty, Korea (Osaka: Museum of Oriental Ceramics, 1988), no. 21; Itoh Ikutaro, Richo hakuji shosen (Selected Choson period white wares) (Tokyo: Sojusha bijutsu shuppan, 1984), no. 42.