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A RARE HEXAGONAL BLUE-AND-WHITE PORCELAIN VASE
A RARE HEXAGONAL BLUE-AND-WHITE PORCELAIN VASE
A RARE HEXAGONAL BLUE-AND-WHITE PORCELAIN VASE
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A RARE HEXAGONAL BLUE-AND-WHITE PORCELAIN VASE
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A RARE HEXAGONAL BLUE-AND-WHITE PORCELAIN VASE

JOSEON DYNASTY (19TH CENTURY)

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A RARE HEXAGONAL BLUE-AND-WHITE PORCELAIN VASE
JOSEON DYNASTY (19TH CENTURY)
Hexagonal, of baluster form set on a six-sided plinth supported by six cabriole legs outlined by a line of underglaze cobalt blue, the facetted body moulded in high relief at the joins of the panels with simulated twisted rope tied to an hexagonal rib at the base of the hexagonal, tapered neck; the vessel also decorated with a glossy transparent glaze of blue cast with random small flecks of dark blue
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The decoration of barley-twist edging on this work is an extremely rare feature for Joseon Dynasty porcelains. Presumably it depicts a wine bottle wrapped with twisted hemp rope for a picnic and was a specially commissioned work. For another vase with similar decoration of twist edging in the collection of Koryo Museum of Art, see Exhibition of Blue and White Porcelain of Yi-dynasty, Korea (Kyoto: Korai bijutsukan, 1991), no. 8.

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