A Rare Massive White Porcelain Jar, Joseon dynasty (18th century). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2013
Of distinctive proportions, with high, rounded shoulders above a tall body that tapers inward toward the foot, the upright neck slightly everted and completed by a rounded rim, the vessel decorated with a transparent glaze that exhibits a blue cast in the areas it has been more thickly applied; residue of kiln grit evident on the base and at the foot, 22 x 17 3/8in. (56 x 45cm.). Estimate $1,000,000 - $1,500,000
Note: This jar is remarkable for its height and girth and there are accordingly few comparable examples published. For a jar of 53.5 cm in the collection of the Nihon Mingeikan, Tokyo, see Nihon Mingeikan shozo Chosen toji mokuroku (Catalogue of Joseon-dynasty ceramics in the Nihon Mingeikan), pl. 48; and Rhee Byung-chang, Richo toji Yi Ceramics, in Kankoku bijutsu shusen Masterpieces of Korean Art (Tokyo: Privately published, 1978), no. 158. For other jars, see Samsung Art Museum, Joseon paekja jon (Exhibition of Joseon-dynasty white porcelain), Part 1, exh. cat. (Seoul: Samsung Art and Culture Foundation, 1983), no. 34.
Christie's. Japanese and Korean Art. 20 March 2013. New York, Rockefeller Plaza.