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7008
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR
WATER DROPPER
Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897), 18th century
Painted in underglaze cobalt with a flowering plum on the top
surface, the sides desocared with stylized auspicious symbols
With wood storage box
1 1/2 x 2 23/8 x 3in (4 x 6 x 7.8cm)

US$4,000 - 6,000
Another blue-and-white decorated water dropper is illustrated in
Rhee Byung-chang, ed., Masterpieces of Korean Art, (Tokyo, 1978),
no. 441.
7008

7009
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE DECORATED PORCELAIN JAR
WITH COVER
Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897), 19th century
The cylindrical container with a fitted lid applied with small fastening
knobs at the rim, the sides painted in underglaze blue with flowering
prunus or a cluster of leafy bamboo set between thin blue rings, the
center of the slightly domed lid with a ssang-hee (‘double happiness’)
character and with double and single-blue lines at the edge, applied
with a translucent glaze pooling in the interior
With inscribed wood storage box
4 3/4in (11.3cm) high; 4 3/4in (12.3cm) diameter

US$6,000 - 8,000
A covered round box with two handles, but with an underglaze
iron-coating, is illustrated in Richō tessha ten (White porcelain of
underglazed iron-brown, Yi dynasty, Korea), (Osaka, 1986), no. 44.

7009

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