A Blue and White Porcelain Bottle with Longevity Symbols
Joseon dynasty (19th century)
With bulbous lower body rising from a short, inset foot to the tall, cylindrical neck ending in a rolled lip, painted in crisp strokes of underglaze blue with elements of the Ten Signs of Long Life (Shipjaengsaeng), here pairs of mythical tortoises, cranes and deer and immortal fungus shown amongst billowing clouds below the distant sun setting beneath craggy cliffs, the vessel also decorated with a narrow blue line around the foot and with a blue-tinged clear glaze of even lustre
11¾in. (29.8cm.) high
A Blue and White Porcelain Bottle with Longevity Symbols
Joseon dynasty (19th century)
With bulbous lower body rising from a short, inset foot to the tall, cylindrical neck ending in a rolled lip, painted in crisp strokes of underglaze blue with elements of the Ten Signs of Long Life (Shipjaengsaeng), here pairs of mythical tortoises, cranes and deer and immortal fungus shown amongst billowing clouds below the distant sun setting beneath craggy cliffs, the vessel also decorated with a narrow blue line around the foot and with a blue-tinged clear glaze of even lustre
11¾in. (29.8cm.) high
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