A Korean Crackle Glaze Jar, Yi Period, Joseon
July 2014 Auction by Far East Asian Art

Here we have a well formed, thickly potted Korean globular shaped jar with a handsome buff colored crackled glaze. This type of glaze is almost identical to the classic "Ge" ceramics of China - except I have never seen Ge-ware with firing pits. The jar measures 3 1/4" diameter at the top - is 4 3/8" diameter at it widest - is 3 /12' high - and the shallow foot measures 2" diameter. It weighs one pound...