A Blue and White Square Porcelain Bottle
Joseon dynasty (19th century)
Of square section with slanted shoulders and tapered neck, painted in underglaze blue on each of the four sides with different scenes: two scholars on a tree-lined shore looking out onto a wide inlet; bamboo and plum; a pavilion on a rocky outcropping with its standard fluttering in the wind, a boat below and distant rocks and sun; and further bamboo interspersed with a branch of just-flowering plum, all within narrow line borders; the angled shoulders painted with scallops within slender lines; the vessel additionally decorated with a glossy transparent glaze of blue cast; base unglazed
6 3/8in. (16.2cm.) high; 3 3/8in. (8.7cm.) wide
A Blue and White Square Porcelain Bottle
Joseon dynasty (19th century)
Of square section with slanted shoulders and tapered neck, painted in underglaze blue on each of the four sides with different scenes: two scholars on a tree-lined shore looking out onto a wide inlet; bamboo and plum; a pavilion on a rocky outcropping with its standard fluttering in the wind, a boat below and distant rocks and sun; and further bamboo interspersed with a branch of just-flowering plum, all within narrow line borders; the angled shoulders painted with scallops within slender lines; the vessel additionally decorated with a glossy transparent glaze of blue cast; base unglazed
6 3/8in. (16.2cm.) high; 3 3/8in. (8.7cm.) wide
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