A KOREAN BLUE AND WHITE FACETED JAR

A KOREAN BLUE AND WHITE FACETED JAR

JOSEON DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

Raised on a short foot and with a slightly flared rim, decorated in underglaze blue with stylised flowers and tendrils to the shoulder, the base with a paper label for Bluett London 15605, together with a fitted silk box with another paper label underneath reading Bluett & Sons, 48 Davies Street, London W1, 9cm. (2)

See the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, access no. 2005.123 for another faceted jar with blue and white decoration. The piece is described as a good example of late Joseon porcelain produced at the court kilns (Bunwon).