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A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN JAR WITH THREE
WORTHIES PLAYING WEIQI
JOSEON DYNASTY (18TH CENTURY)
The ovoid form, vividly painted in underglaze-blue with Three
Worthies in a Landscape Playing Weiqi, the neck with auspicious
fungus-head-shaped cloud collar, the body applied with a lustrous
transparent overglaze
16æ in. (42.5 cm.)
$250,000-500,000

PROVENANCE:
The Ataka Family Collection by repute
EXHIBITED:
Osaka, Takashimaya Department Store, Nanba, "Chosen Kogei
Tenrankai," 1939.11.24-16.
LITERATURE:
Chosen Kogei Kenkyukai (Korean Craft Research Committee), ed.,
Chosen Kogei Tenrankai zuroku (Illustrated Catalogue of an Exhibition of
Korean Crafts) (Tokyo: Chosen Kogei Kenkyukai), 1939-1941, p. 43,
no. 2058

The present jar illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, Tokyo, Chosen Kogei Kenkyukai, 1939-41, no. 2058.