WHITE-GLAZED LIDDED JAR
JOSEON DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
£580
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 3 November 2023 from 09:00 GMT
Description
朝鮮王朝 白磁蓋罐 共箱
elegantly potted on a counter-sunk foot with steep sides, broad rounded shoulders, short-waisted neck and lipped rim, top of the cover with subtle steps and surmounted by a bud-form finial, covered overall in creamy white glaze with a tinge of greyish green, with a wooden tomobako
Dimensions
10cm high
Provenance
Provenance: Han Collection, 5 September 2020, with an original receipt.
Exhibited: 'The Aesthetic of the Korean Scholar: Purity and Virtue', Han Collection, London, 1 September - 30 October 2020, with a copy of the catalogue.
Footnote
Note: Four comparable larger white porcelain jars with three covers, Joseon Dynasty, are in the collection of the National Museum of Korea, accession no. Sinsu 2106. An even larger example, 31.1cm high, note the ripple details on top of the cover, is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no. 2021.125a, b. According to the catalogue of the museum, the elegance of this jar and its lid exemplifies the aesthetic of undecorated white porcelain that was popular in the 15th–16th century Joseon. In its balanced proportions and subtle design features on the lid with a bud-shaped knob, this porcelain reflects the refined sensibilities associated with the new ruling ideology of Neo-Confucianism of the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910).
Also see a comparable white porcelain jar and cover, Joseon dynasty, 18.1cm high, previously in the collection of Robert W. and Mee-Din Moore, sold at Bonham's New York, 22 September 2021, lot 1168.
Please note this lot will be offered with no reserve. 本拍品不設底價