Jar with dragon decoration Korea, Choson period,... Lot 41

Jar with dragon decoration Korea, Choson period, 19th century White porcelain with blue dragon decoration. H : 37 cm The five-clawed dragon, painted in cobalt blue, is represented in full flight in the middle of the clouds, chasing the sacred pearl. Provenance: Collection Maurice Champoud (1898-1981), Switzerland. Acquired between 1920 and 1944. Dragon Jar Korea, Choson period, 19th century Blue and white porcelain. H :37 cm Of high-shouldered ovoid form with short neck, painted on the body with a single five-clawed dragon writhing through clouds below a cloud collar. The neck painted with two parallel rings, all executed in underglaze blue beneath a crackeled transparent glaze. Provenance: Maurice Champoud's collection (1898-1981), Switzerland. Acquired between 1920 and 1944.