Lot 1560
  • 1560

A KOREAN WHITE-GLAZED BALUSTER JAR JOSEON DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • ceramics
with broad rounded shoulders, gently tapering towards the base, supported on a sharply inward-cut foot, the glaze with a greenish tint

Provenance

Jane Baum Interiors, New York, 31st March, 1981.
Acquired from the above by A. Alfred Taubman.

Condition

The neck rebuilt and overpainted, with wear to the overpaint. The glaze overfired. There is a star crack just below the shoulder and there are chips around the foot.
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