Lot 354. A Large White Porcelain Jar, Joseon dynasty, 18th century; 13 in. (33 cm.) high. Estimate USD 50,000 - USD 70,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019

Of lantern form set on a short circular foot and with tall, upright rim with flat mouth, decorated with a clear glaze of blue cast and variegated crackle, foot rim unglazed.

Note: For another moon jar, see Kumja Paik Kim, The Art of Korea: Highlights from the Collection of San Francisco's Asian Art Museum, pl. 31. The catalogue entry remarks that the white color of the jar is associated with Confucian ideals of purity, modesty and morality and the shape with the moon, representative of feminine qualities of softness and fecundity.

Christie's. Japanese and Korean Art, New York, 19 March 2019