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A WHITE PORCELAIN TOAD-FORM WATER
DROPPER
JOSEON DYNASTY (19TH CENTURY)
Modeled as a seated squatting toad with forelegs pressed
together, the surface moulded with raised florets
repeatedly suggestive of the knobby skin of a toad, the
snout and eyes decorated by light lines of underglaze
blue, the vessel applied with a glossy clear glaze
3¡ in. (8.5 cm.) wide
$10,000-20,000

For another toad-form water droppers, see Byung-
Chang Rhee, Masterpieces of Korean Art - Yi Dynasty
Ceramics (Tokyo, 1978), pl. 445, p. 390; Seo
Hyowon, Bunwon Porcelains / Late Joseon Blue and
White (Gyeonggi, Gyeonggi Ceramics Museum,
2009), no. 60

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A CIRCULAR BLUE AND WHITE
PORCELAIN DISH
JOSEON DYNASTY (19TH CENTURY)
The shallow dish set on a raised and recessed ring
foot, decorated in underglaze blue with flying
phoenix among swirling through clouds
8 in. (20.3 cm.) diameter
$20,000-30,000