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7039
A STONEWARE JAR WITH INLAID SLIP DECORATION
(PLACENTA JAR)
Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897), 15th century
The columnar body slightly fuller at the shoulder and applied with
four evenly spaced rings at the shoulder, decorated in inlaid white
slip with ‘rope-curtain’ design bracketed by rows of chrysanthemum
blossoms within double- and triple-line borders, the shallow, saucer
shaped lid with a small finial and decorated en suite to the jar
With wood storage box
10 7/8in (27.8cm) high
US$6,000 - 8,000
A very similar vessel is illustrated in Soyoung Lee and Jeon Seung-
chang, Korean Buncheong Ceramics from Leeum, Samsung
Museum of Art, exh. cat. (New York, 2011), p. 99, cat. no. 57.
7039
7040
A BUNCHEONG BOTTLE WITH PAINTED SLIP AND CARVED
DESIGN
Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897), 15th century
The ovoid body tapering to a high ring foot and with a slightly flaring
neck with an everted lip, the flattened sides with a large carved
white slip peony blossom partially overlapping an inlaid white slip
key-fret band below a row of inlaid overlapping petals on the sloping
shoulder, covered in a translucent grey-green celadon glaze with
pronounced luster
With wood storage box
8 1/4in (21cm) high
US$15,000 - 20,000
7040
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