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A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN BOTTLE VASE
JOSEON DYNASTY (18TH CENTURY)
The faceted octagonal form with slightly flared long neck, with
circular foot, painted in underglaze-blue with deer and crane
among pine tree, bamboo and rock symbolizing elements of Ten
Signs of Long Life (shipjaengsaeng), the body applied with a lustrous
transparent overglaze
12¿ in. (30.8 cm.) high
$40,000-60,000

This work is decorarated with imagery motifs from the Ten
Signs of Long Life derived from the Daoist immortality cult that
developed originally in China during the Han dynasty. Their
auspicious symbolism was extremely popular in all strata of Korean
society during the Joseon dynasty and they appear in most of the
decorative arts of this period. Many of these, as here, use a selection
of the set of motifs to represent all ten.

Anonymous, The ten signs of long life
(Shipjangsaeng), Korea. Joseon dynasty,
18th-19th century. Christie’s, New York, 25
Apr 2017, lot 120.