White Porcelain Octagonal Bottle with Flower and Bird Design in Underglaze Cobalt Blue

This is a white porcelain piece from the late Joseon period, 18.9 cm in height, 5.2 cm in mouth diameter, and 7.3 cm in base diameter. A tongyeong-byeong (cylindrical bottle) generally refers to a wine bottle with a cylindrical body and a small neck and mouth, used for pouring alcohol. Above the body, which is faceted into eight sides, is a trumpet-shaped mouth and a narrow, elongated cylindrical neck. At the bottom of the body is a round foot. The decoration is a large flower-and-bird design (花鳥文) painted in underglaze cobalt blue on the front and back, showing a bird perched on a pomegranate tree. On the inner base of the foot is the character "官" (meaning "official"), incised with a fine line before the glaze was applied. Judging from the faceted shape of the cylindrical bottle, the underglaze cobalt-blue design, and the character "官," it can be counted among the representative cylindrical bottles presumed to have been made in the late 18th century.

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Yongsan-gu, Seoul

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