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A BLUE AND WHITE DECORATED PORCELAIN BRUSH
HOLDER
Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897), 19th century
The cylindrical body with a recessed foot ring and painted in shades
of underglaze blue with a fruiting branches of finger citron set
between bands of double-blue lines
With wood storage box
5 3/8in (13.6cm) high; 4 7/8in (12.5cm) diameter
US$6,000 - 8,000
A square plate with very similar underglaze blue decoration is
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), p. 183, pl. 46.
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