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79. his jar is similar in form and decoration to cats. 77 and
Jar T78, though it lacks the exaggerated elongated features.
19th century, Joseon The neck is decorated with stylized scrolls. The shoulder is
TL results: fired between 150 & 300 years ago collared with a ring of yeo ui (Ch: rúyì) heads and bulges out-
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt decoration and wards before gently tapering inward to form the waist. The
silver lacquer repair body of the jar is decorated with a dragon chasing a flaming
H: 25.5 cm, W: 17.4 cm pearl amid clouds. Parallel lines are painted around the lip,
where the neck and body meet, and just before the indented
foot of the jar. The base is coated with the grayish, blue-tint-
ed glaze, but the footrim had been wiped free of glaze. There
is a silver lacquer repair on the lip.

According to Moes, such dragon jars were made in pairs
1
and meant to be placed in royal throne rooms or on altars
of Confucian temples. A matching lid was probably once as-
sociated with this jar.

1 Robert Moes, Korean Art from the Brooklyn Museum Collection (New York: Universe Books,
1987), 154.
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