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A BLUE AND WHITE QUADRANGULAR JAR
choson dynasty (18th century)
Of tapered square form with wide, rounded shoulders, square upright neck with flat rim and square foot with recessed base; painted in outlines and washes of underglaze blue with the Shipjangsaeng (The Ten Signs of Long Life) in four panels on each of the sides of the jar: cranes and bamboo, clouds and sun; mythical Taoist tortoise, water, a range of mountains and the sun; two deer, plants, clouds, pine and an elongated phoenix; pine, bamboo, plants and phoenix-tail cloud; the neck additionally painted with a collar of yo'i-shaped clouds, alluding to pulloch'o, the mythical Taoist fungus, and a single line below the neck--5½in. (14.2cm.) high, 5 1/8in. (13cm.) diameter, restoration to rim and neck, three hairline cracks from rim, small discolorations to three panels, minor chip to one shoulder
choson dynasty (18th century)
Of tapered square form with wide, rounded shoulders, square upright neck with flat rim and square foot with recessed base; painted in outlines and washes of underglaze blue with the Shipjangsaeng (The Ten Signs of Long Life) in four panels on each of the sides of the jar: cranes and bamboo, clouds and sun; mythical Taoist tortoise, water, a range of mountains and the sun; two deer, plants, clouds, pine and an elongated phoenix; pine, bamboo, plants and phoenix-tail cloud; the neck additionally painted with a collar of yo'i-shaped clouds, alluding to pulloch'o, the mythical Taoist fungus, and a single line below the neck--5½in. (14.2cm.) high, 5 1/8in. (13cm.) diameter, restoration to rim and neck, three hairline cracks from rim, small discolorations to three panels, minor chip to one shoulder