A WHITE PORCELAIN RITUAL VESSEL

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A WHITE PORCELAIN RITUAL VESSEL
CHOSON DYNASTY (18TH CENTURY)

Of cylindrical form rising to a squared rim, slightly raised at each of the four corners and the sides curved, the high foot divided into four sections separated by triangular, knife-edge cuts, covered overall by a white glaze with high sheen--5cm. (12.7cm.) diameter, 3½in. (9cm.) high, two corners and small edge chips restored

Lot Essay

For a catalogue devoted to Choson ritual vessels see Richo no saiki [Ritual Vessels of Yi Dynasty, Korea], (Osaka: Museum of Oriental Ceramics, 1988)