Live Auction 21618Japanese and Korean Art
A RARE WHITE PORCELAIN LIDDED BASIN
Lot 176 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE JAPANESE COLLECTION

A RARE WHITE PORCELAIN LIDDED BASIN

JOSEON DYNASTY (19TH CENTURY)

Closed21 March 2023

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USD 20,000–30,000

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A RARE WHITE PORCELAIN LIDDED BASIN
JOSEON DYNASTY (19TH CENTURY)
The deep circular basin molded below the lip with an inner rim that holds the flat, disc-form cover cut with a round finger hole in the center, both the basin and cover applied with a clear glaze of pronounced blue hue and gloss, rim of raised circular foot rim unglazed
6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) diam.
With a wood box, cover inscribed and painted with signature Shoko'an shujin shiki and six illegible seals

Shoko'an, acquired in Seoul in March 1918
Previously sold in these Rooms, 22 September 2004, lot 416

Specialist note

The inscription on the accompanying wood box suggests that this lidded vessel may have functioned as a waste receptacle for tea or hot water used for purifying and warming tea cups during a tea ceremony. This is an extremely rare and elegant example of Joseon dynasty porcelain. This type of tea ware is hardly known to exist.