Punch'ong Inlaid Celadon Pear-Shaped Vase, Choson, 16th Century


This Korean vase we are offering this week is a good testimonial of art historian's comments of Choson potters' achievement of creating great works of art without any articulation and pretentiousness. The pear-shaped vase has a beautiful classic form with a large ovoid lower body rising to an constricted long neck and a flaring mouth. The surface is decorated with broadly inlaid white patterns of flower scrolls, and other abstract motif which make the vase looks like an Avant Garde art. The vase is covered with a clear grayish green glaze over a gray stoneware body. The juxtaposition of elegance in form, the unrivaled creativity of decoration, and the overall rusticity of this vase present a powerful visual impact on the viewer. There is a small patch of kiln glaze defect with exposed stoneware body at the lower body which adds to the rusticity of the vase. The concave base is thinly glazed with adhered quartz particles used as spurs. The magnificent inlaid punch'ong vase is in excellent condition except for the photographed kiln glaze flaw. Size: height: 26 cm; body diameter: 16cm

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