Lot 90. A blue and white porcelain jar with cranes, Joseon Dynasty, 19th century, 17 3/8 in. (44.1 cm.) high. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2017

The ovoid form, decorated in underglaze-blue with two cranes, rocks, bamboo, pine tree and clouds, the neck with auspicious fungus-head-shaped cloud collars, the body applied with a lustrous transparent overglaze. With wood box.

Note: For a similar work in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd, see Byung-Chang Rhee, Richo toji/Yi Ceramics in Kankoku bijyutsu shusen/Masterpieces of Korean Art (Tokyo: Privately published, 1978), pl. 219.

Christie's. An Inquiring Mind: American Collecting of Japanese & Korean Art, 25 April 2017, New York, Rockefeller Center