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7025
A PORCELAIN ROOSTER-FORM WATER
DROPPER
Joseon dynasty (1392-1897), 19th century
Modeled as a rooster, the crest and eyes
decorated in underglaze copper red
With a wood tomobako storage box
4 1/2in (11.6cm) wide

US$3,000 - 5,000
For similar water droppers, see Choson jidai
no suiteki, bunji no sekai no asobu/ Charm
of the Scholar’s Desk- Water Droppers of
the Joseon Dynasty, (Osaka: Osaka Shiritsu
Toyo Toji Bijutsukan [Museum of Oriental
Ceramics], 2016), nos. 70 and 71, pg. 62.

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7026
A WHITE PORCELAIN MOON FLASK
Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897), 18th century
Of flattened circular form with a short neck
and rolled rim, raised on a splayed foot,
applied with an even, slightly bluish-cast
glaze
With wood storage box
8 7/8in (22.5cm) high

US$10,000 - 14,000
Other white porcelain moon flasks are
illustrated in Ito Ikutaro, Yuen no iro,
shitsuboku no katachi: Ri Heiso korekushon
Kankoku toji no bi / Uahan saek, sunbakhan
hyongt’ae: Yi Pyong-ch’ang k’olleksyon
Han’guk tojagi ui arumdaum / Color of
Elegance, Form of Simplicity: The Beauty
of Korean ceramics from the Rhee Byung-
chang Collection, (Osaka, 1999), pl. 101,
Masterpieces of the Ho-am Art Museum I:
Antique Art 1 Ceramics, (Seoul, 1996), p.
124, pl. 112,
Horim Pangmulgwan sojang Choson
paekcha myongp’umjon / Masterpieces of
Choson White Porcelain, exh. cat., (Seoul,
2003), pp.46-47, pls. 33-34, and Rhee
Byung-chang, Kankoku bijutsu shusen: Richo
toji / Masterpieces of Korean art: Yi Dynasty
Ceramics, vol. 3, (Tokyo, 1978), p. 371, pl.
7026 399
p. 138, pl. 146.

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