JOSEON DYNASTY (15TH-16TH CENTURY)

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A BUNCHEONG SLIP-DECORATED STONEWARE BOWL
JOSEON DYNASTY (15TH-16TH CENTURY)
The bulbous shape bowl set on a low and flared foot, decorated on exterior and interior with white slip in repeating short strips and stylized chrysanthemum with inscriptions possibly naeseom (??) on interior, applied with a clear glaze, the circular foot rim unglazed
6 5⁄8 in. (16.8 cm.) diam.
With a wood box inscribed by Koyama Fujio (1900-1975)

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Lot Essay

This bowl was examined by Fujio Koyama (1900-1975), one of the most well-known scholars of Joseon ware, who was also the former director of the Tokyo National Museum. The box bears his inscription on both sides of the cover, referring to the bowl as Buncheong ware from the early Joseon dynasty and also about two inscriptions inside the bowl.

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