A BUNCHEONG CARVED PEAR-SHAPED BOTTLE VASEJoseon dynasty, 15th centurySupported by a circular foot, the pear-shaped body rising to a cylindrical neck with everted mouth rim, the outer surface deeply incised with a dynamic floral composition which reveals the green-greyish tone of the ceramic under the whitish ingobbio.29 cm highProvenance: ambassador Francesco Rausi.A bottle with very similar shape and decoration, but smaller dimensions (23 cm high), is in the National Museum of Korea (v. La terre, le feu, l’esprit. Chefs-d’œuvre de la céramique coréene, exhibition catalogue, Paris 2016, p. 125, n. 23).