A luminous white moon jar

Korea, Joseon dynasty, 18th century

朝鮮王朝 十八世紀 白釉滿月花罐

of generous proportions, set over a low slightly tapered foot, the globular sides gently sweeping upward and reaching their widest point just above the center of the body then rounding into a softly sloping shoulder mirroring the arc of the lower body, surmounted by a short subtly flared neck only slightly wider than the foot, the white body covered overall in a translucent glaze with a very faint glacier-blue tinge, the base unglazed

Height 13 ? in., 34.3 cm.

Japanese Private Collection, acquired in the 1950s. 

來源

日本私人收藏，得於1950年代