A WHITE-GLAZED PORCELAIN WATER DROPPER, JOSEON DYNASTY
Korea, 18th-19th century century. Of compressed globular form descending to a short foot, a round tapered opening in the center and an S-shaped spout with a flush top, and a short, tapered foot. The clear glaze of bluish hue covering all surfaces.


Provenance:
Collection of Winslow Ames. Property of the Trustees of Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, USA, gifted from the above. The Phillips Academy was founded in 1778 during the American Revolution. The highly selective academy has among its alumni U.S. Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, along with numerous notable politicians, Nobel laureates, and recipients of the Medal of Honor. Edward Winslow Ames Jr. (1907-1990) was a prominent American art historian, author, and museum director. He attended Phillips Academy as a child, and later studied art history at Harvard. He went on to become the founding director of Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London, Connecticut, in 1930. After World War II, he was the first director of the Huntington Hartford's Gallery of Modern Art at Columbus Circle in Manhattan, working with the collection before the museum opened to the public. He started collecting drawings and furniture in the 1930s and eventually branched out into European and Asian works of art.

Condition:
Very good condition with old wear and firing irregularities, including kiln grit and glaze recesses.

Weight: 223.8 g
Dimensions: Diameter 10.2 cm


Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related glazed porcelain water dropper, 8 cm diameter, dated to the Joseon dynasty, 19th century, in the Brooklyn Museum, accession number 84.262.28. Compare a related glazed porcelain water dropper, 8.6 cm diameter, dated to the Joseon dynasty, 19th century, in the Brooklyn Museum, accession number 84.189.1.


Auction result comparison:

Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 20 March 2007, lot 506
Price: USD 12,000 or approx.
EUR 16,500
converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A white porcelain domed water dropper, Joseon dynasty, 19th century
Expert remark: Note the size (9.3 cm).




朝鮮王朝白釉硯滴


韓國，十八至十九世紀。呈半球體狀，圈足，表面中心有圓形錐形開口，曲形滴口，短足為錐形。表面施青色透明釉。


來源：
Winslow Ames收藏；美國馬賽諸塞州安多弗菲力浦斯學院受託人財產。菲力浦斯學院成立於 1778 年美國革命期間。 這所經過嚴格篩選的學院的校友中有美國總統喬治·H·W·布希和喬治·W·布希，以及眾多著名政治家、諾貝爾獎獲得者和榮譽勛章獲得者。Edward Winslow Ames Jr. (1907-1990) 是一位著名的美國藝術史學家、作家和博物館館長。 他小時候就讀於菲力浦斯學院，後來在哈佛大學學習藝術史。1930 年，他成為康涅狄格州新倫敦萊曼·艾林藝術博物館的創始館長。二戰後，他成為曼哈頓哥倫布圓環亨廷頓·哈特福德現代藝術畫廊的首任館長，博物館向公眾開放。他從二十世紀三十年代開始收集繪畫和傢俱，最終涉獵歐洲和亞洲的藝術作品。

品相：
狀況非常好，有磨損和燒製缺陷，包括窯砂和釉料凹槽。

重量：223.8 克
尺寸：直徑10.2 厘米


文獻比較：

比較一個密切相關的釉面硯滴，直徑 8 厘米，可追溯至十九世紀朝鮮王朝，藏於布魯克林博物館，藏品號 84.262.28。 比較一件相關的釉面瓷硯滴，直徑 8.6 厘米，可追溯至十九世紀朝鮮王朝，藏於布魯克林博物館，藏品編號 84.189.1。


拍賣結果比較：

形制：相近
拍賣：紐約佳士得，2007年3月20日，lot 506
價格：USD 12,000（相當於今日
EUR 16,500
）
描述：十九世紀白釉硯滴
專家評論：請注意尺寸(9.3 厘米)。