Two Korean water-droppers. Joseon dynasty (1392-1897), 18th/19th century - image-1

Lot 335 Dα

Two Korean water-droppers. Joseon dynasty (1392-1897), 18th/19th century

Auction 1166 - overview Cologne
15.12.2020, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 800 € - 1.500 €
Result: 875 € (incl. premium)
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Two Korean water-droppers. Joseon dynasty (1392-1897), 18th/19th century

Each with an air hole at the top. a) A blue and white water dropper of square form, set on four short bracket feet and molded with a small cylindrical spout to one side, decorated on the flat top in underglaze blue with a seascape, each of the sides decorated with an abstract floral sprig framed by four short brackets and set within a thin blue outline. b) In the shape of a curled carp bringing its tail to meet its mouth, carved to depict his eye, scales and tail and covered with a clear glaze over cobalt-blue wash. (2)
a) Height 4.5 cm; b) length 7 cm

Provenance

b) Weinmüller, Munich, 26.2.1976, lot 394
Private collection, Southern Germany

Literature

a) Compare shape and decoration in: National Museum Korea, The Elegant Beauty of Choson Scholars' Studies, Seoul 1992, p. 138, no. 446-449 and British Museum London, no. 1992.0615.8; b) Compare similar water-droppers in the V & A , London, no. C341-1912 and Harvard Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, acc. no. 1992.257