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A CARAMEL-GLAZED CARVED CERAMIC BOTTLE
Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897), 17th/18th century
The body of square section with a knife-carved surface and sloping
shoulder, the tall neck accented with an incised band below the rim,
the iron-glazed surface of olive-brown color thinning at the edges
With wood storage box
7 7/8in (20cm) high

US$3,000 - 5,000
A similar square section caramel-glazed bottle in the Ataka Collection
is illustrated in Rhee Byung-chang, Kankoku bijutsu shusen: Richo
toji / Masterpieces of Korean art: Yi Dynasty Ceramics, vol. 3, (Tokyo,
1978), p. 371, pl. 399. A round caramel-glazed bottle in the National
Museum of Korea, Seoul, is illustrated in Sunu Choi, The World’s
Great Collections: Oriental Ceramics, Vol. 2: National Museum of
Korea, Seoul, (Tokyo/San Francisco, 1982), no. 66.

7014

7015
A RARE COPPER-RED GLAZED FACETED PORCELAIN
BOTTLE
Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897), 18th century
The body composed of 12 facets and surmounted by a slightly flaring
rectangular neck, the copper red underglaze of the with random
flourishes of light and dark green, interior and recessed foot covered
with transparent glaze
With wood storage box
6 7/8in (17.7cm) high

US$8,000 - 12,000
Other faceted bottles with copper red underglaze, but with molded
decoration,are illustrated in
Rhee Byung-chang, ed., Masterpieces of Korean Art, (Tokyo, 1978),
p. 342, no. 368 and
The Korean Relics in Japan 2: Tokyo National Museum, Osaka
Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Yamato Bunkadkan / Han’guk Kukchu
Kyoru Chaedan: Tokyo Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan, Osaka Shiritsu Toyo
Toji Bijutsukan, Yamato Bunkakan (Seoul: Korea Foundation, 1995),
p. 325, no. 147.
7015

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