Three White Porcelain Ink Containers
Choson period (19th century)
Each with straight walls rising to domed shoulders and applied with a clear glaze of blue cast; flat foot rims unglazed, recessed bases glazed
2¼; 2 7/8; 2 3/8in. (5.7; 7.4; 6.2cm.) diameters; 1½; 1 5/8; 1¾in. (3.2; 4.2; 4.5cm.) high (3)
Lot Essay
For other domed ink containers see Choson shidae moonbang jaegu/The Elegant Beauty of Choson Scholars' Studies (Seoul: National Museum of Korea, 1992), pls. 307-309.