A punch'ong bottle
A punch'ong bottle

Joseon Dynasty (15th - 16th century)

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A punch'ong bottle
Joseon Dynasty (15th - 16th century)
Modeled in the form of a rice-bale, with a short flaring mouth rim, the rounded sides decorated with thick white slip, underglaze-iron and incised lines with large fish, the grayish stoneware applied with a glossy clear glaze, one side with a ring foot rim
9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) wide
With wood box

Lot Essay

The body is painted freely in iron-oxide with two humorous fish swimming. Because fish produce a large number of eggs, they symbolized prosperous descendants, and this subject were frequently drawn as a representative design on ceramics from the Joseon Dynasty.

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