White Porcelain Jar with Floral Medallion and Scroll Design in Underglaze Cobalt Blue

This White Porcelain Jar with Floral Medallion and Scroll Design in Underglaze Cobalt Blue has a mouth rim that stands upright and narrows, broad shoulders, and a lower body that narrows before widening again towards the foot where it meets the ground — a shape characteristic of the early Joseon period. The boldly painted bosang scroll design, a floral medallion and foliage scroll pattern, covering the entire body likewise shows the characteristic decorative style of early Joseon blue-and-white porcelain, though the tone of the cobalt-blue pigment is uneven. The white clay body is of a pure white colour, and the glaze layer is a transparent glaze with a pale bluish tint and no crackling. The dignified form of the jar and the well-balanced placement of the bosang scroll design make this a work well suited to providing yet another facet of scholarly research into early Joseon blue-and-white porcelain.

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Where it is

Region

Yongsan-gu, Seoul

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Treasure · 보물