Korean porcelain stand with floral designs

An image of Stand with floral designs. Unknown pottery, Korea. This large stand is cylindrical and has a hole in the top. The sides are divided into three horizontal zones and decorated with two bands of pierced floral designs reminiscent of Korean latticework, around a wider central pierced band with unusual S-shaped motifs enclosing leaves; above the base are small eye-shaped (ansang) openings. The glaze has a pale bluish tone. The stand has no base and the footring shows remains of coarse sand from the firing support. Porcelain, thrown, carved, pierced and glazed, height, whole, 48.7 cm, diameter, top, 26.3 cm, diameter, foot, 23.5 cm, circa 1800-1900. Choson Dynasty (1392-1910). Production Note: This piece was probably used as a stand for a flowerpot.

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Stand with floral designs. Unknown pottery, Korea. This large stand is cylindrical and has a hole in the top. The sides are divided into three horizontal zones and decorated with two bands of pierced floral designs reminiscent of Korean latticework, around a wider central pierced band with unusual S-shaped motifs enclosing leaves; above the base are small eye-shaped (ansang) openings. The glaze has a pale bluish tone. The stand has no base and the footring shows remains of coarse sand from the firing support. Porcelain, thrown, carved, pierced and glazed, height, whole, 48.7 cm, diameter, top, 26.3 cm, diameter, foot, 23.5 cm, circa 1800-1900. Choson Dynasty (1392-1910). Production Note: This piece was probably used as a stand for a flowerpot.

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Accession Number: C.8-1953
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/26.0
Focal length: 63
Camera: GFX 50S
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 766 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 450.60kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 26/1
Captured: 2018:08:03 03:02:13

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19th Century carved ceramics Choson Dynasty Chosun cylindrical Fitz_AA floral flower pot stand flower stand flowers glazed Josean Korean lattice latticework pierced porcelain stand thrown

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