A White Porcelain Artist's Palette. Joseon dynasty (19th century)

A White Porcelain Artist's Palette. Joseon dynasty (19th century)

Of square shape with flat base and moulded with five shallow rectangular sections for mixing inks, applied overall with a transparent glaze with pronounced blue cast, pooling in the recesses; base unglazed. 5 5/16 x 5 5/16 x ½in. (13.4 x 13.4 x 1.2cm.).  Estimate $40,000 - $50,000

Notes: Previously sold in these Rooms, 22 September 2005, lot 466

For another palette, see Rhee Byung-chang, Richo toji/Yi Ceramics in Kankoku bijutsu shusen/Masterpieces of Korean Art (Tokyo: privately published, 1978), no. 433; and Itoh Ikutaro, ed., Yuen no iro shitsuboku no katachi Rhee Byung-chang korekushon/Color of Elegance, Form of Simplicity: The Beauty of Korean Ceramics from the Rhee Byung-chang Collection (Osaka: Museum of Oriental Ceramics, 1999), pl. 116.

Christie's. Japanese And Korean Art. 17 March 2009. New York, Rockefeller Plaza www.christies.com Image Christie's Ltd 2009