A glazed porcelain moon jar (dal hang-ari)Joseon dynasty, 18th century
Thickly potted with a rounded lip to the flared neck, a full globular body that slumps slightly to one side and a flared foot ring surrounding the recessed base, the clear glaze showing a very pale blue-green cast with some patches of pale russet burn and covering all surfaces except the foot pad.
12 5/8in (32cm) high注脚Provenance:
Property from the Estate of Professor Donald Howard Shively (1921-2005), purchased in Seoul around 1965, by repute

A large white porcelain jar of similar size (13 1/2in [34.3cm] high) with a more symmetrical profile was sold in Christie's, New York sale 15 April 2016, lot 102. However moon jars sharing the irregular shape the Shively jar also survive from the 18th century : see the exhibition Choson Paekja hang'ari [Special Exhibition of White Porcelain jars in Choson Period] (Ewha Woman's University Museums, Seoul, May 1985), no. 8, p. 14 (31.5cm high); nos. 10 (45cm high) and 11 (44cm high). See also the moon jar of asymmetrical shape (18in [45.7cm] high), in the the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, published and illustrated in Asian Art Museum of San Francisco: Collection Highlights (Tuttle, 2018), pp. 222-223 [The Avery Brundage Collection, B60P110+]. Multiple views of the Brundage vase are also available on the museum website.