17th Oct, 2024 11:00
TWO-DAY AUCTION: Fine Asian Art, Buddhism and Hinduism
170
A BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ JAR, JOSEON DYNASTY
Sold for €2,860
including Buyer's Premium
Korea, 18th-19th century. Heavily potted, the baluster body supported on a tapered foot and rising to a broad cylindrical neck. Finely painted to the exterior in shades of cobalt blue with a ferocious four-clawed dragon with a sinuous scaly body in pursuit of the flaming pearl, below a cloud border at the shoulder and stylized clouds to the neck.
Provenance: From the private collection of Ivan Bratt, and thence by descent in the same family. Ivan Bratt (1878‑1956) was a Swedish doctor, politician, and entrepreneur. He was a prominent figure who played a pivotal role in introducing and enforcing the Swedish alcohol rationing law that was named after him as the Bratt System. In 1913, he applied for a license to trade in alcohol in Stockholm and began buying up alcohol merchants until he succeeded to realize a private alcohol monopoly. In 1923, he was voted into the Riksdag’s Second Chamber.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear, light surface scratches, small chips to the upper rim, and manufacturing irregularities including firing cracks.
Weight: 3.9 kg
Dimensions: Height 31 cm
Porcelain jars decorated with a dragon motif continued to be produced in the Joseon period and were used at court ceremonies to hold flowers, water, or wine. The shape of the jar and the motif of the dragon amid clouds both originated in China, but the loose, spirited drawing, minimum of extraneous decoration, and grayish cobalt color combine to identify this as a Korean piece.
In Korea, dragons are believed to bring good fortune to those they favor, and they also symbolize the authority of the ruler and the balance in nature. Historical records show that during the reign of King Yongjo (r. 1724-1776), dragon jars were the only blue-and-white wares sanctioned for production, as the expensive cobalt blue ore had to be imported from the Middle East through China.
Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related blue and white dragon jar, dated to the late 19th century, 50.8 cm tall, in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, accession number 80.120.1.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s London, 18 June 2002, lot 199
Price: GBP 3,346 or approx. EUR 8,800 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A Korean blue and white ‘dragon’ jar, 19th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and decoration with similar receding foot, wide-eyed dragons, and stylized clouds. Note the larger size (48.9 cm).
Korea, 18th-19th century. Heavily potted, the baluster body supported on a tapered foot and rising to a broad cylindrical neck. Finely painted to the exterior in shades of cobalt blue with a ferocious four-clawed dragon with a sinuous scaly body in pursuit of the flaming pearl, below a cloud border at the shoulder and stylized clouds to the neck.
Provenance: From the private collection of Ivan Bratt, and thence by descent in the same family. Ivan Bratt (1878‑1956) was a Swedish doctor, politician, and entrepreneur. He was a prominent figure who played a pivotal role in introducing and enforcing the Swedish alcohol rationing law that was named after him as the Bratt System. In 1913, he applied for a license to trade in alcohol in Stockholm and began buying up alcohol merchants until he succeeded to realize a private alcohol monopoly. In 1923, he was voted into the Riksdag’s Second Chamber.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear, light surface scratches, small chips to the upper rim, and manufacturing irregularities including firing cracks.
Weight: 3.9 kg
Dimensions: Height 31 cm
Porcelain jars decorated with a dragon motif continued to be produced in the Joseon period and were used at court ceremonies to hold flowers, water, or wine. The shape of the jar and the motif of the dragon amid clouds both originated in China, but the loose, spirited drawing, minimum of extraneous decoration, and grayish cobalt color combine to identify this as a Korean piece.
In Korea, dragons are believed to bring good fortune to those they favor, and they also symbolize the authority of the ruler and the balance in nature. Historical records show that during the reign of King Yongjo (r. 1724-1776), dragon jars were the only blue-and-white wares sanctioned for production, as the expensive cobalt blue ore had to be imported from the Middle East through China.
Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related blue and white dragon jar, dated to the late 19th century, 50.8 cm tall, in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, accession number 80.120.1.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s London, 18 June 2002, lot 199
Price: GBP 3,346 or approx. EUR 8,800 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A Korean blue and white ‘dragon’ jar, 19th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and decoration with similar receding foot, wide-eyed dragons, and stylized clouds. Note the larger size (48.9 cm).
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