Lot 19
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A RETICULATED WHITE PORCELAIN BRUSHPOT

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A RETICULATED WHITE PORCELAIN BRUSHPOT
CHOSON DYNASTY (FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY)

Of cylindrical form pierced with four large svastika roundels between ribbed lozenges and covered with a thick white glaze tinged slightly blue--5 1/8in. (13.1cm.), 5 1/8in. (13.1cm.) diameter

Lot Essay

For another reticulated brush pot with ribbed lozenges on the sides see Byung-chang Rhee, Masterpieces of Korean Art--Yi Ceramics (Tokyo, 1978), no. 410; for other scholar's articles pierced with svastika designs see the same book, nos. 413,425,459,494