A Large White Porcelain Jar

Joseon dynasty (18th century)

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A Large White Porcelain Jar
Joseon dynasty (18th century)
Of lantern form set on a short circular foot and with tall, upright rim with flat mouth, decorated with a clear glaze of blue cast and variegated crackle, foot rim unglazed, kiln cracks on the base
13 ½ in. (34.3 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

For other jars see Catalogue 14, Special Exhibition of White Porcelain Jars in Choson Period, exh. cat. (Seoul: Ewha Womans University Museum, 1985), pl. 12; Kawasaki Hiroshi, Hogen ni miru (Home kotoba): Hogen tambo noto yori (A complimentary look at provincialism from journalistic notes on provincialism) Mingei 329 (1980.5.1): 38.

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