A PEACH-SHAPED WATERDROPPER, JOSEON DYNASTY
Korea, 19th century. Modeled as a ripe peach on a leafy branch, which forms the pierced base and the spout on one side, the air hole drilled in the fruit fold opposite the spout. The leaves are decorated in underglaze blue and the tip of the peach in underglaze copper-red. Applied with a finely crackled glaze with a blue hue attractively pooling in the recesses.

Provenance: From a French private collection.
Condition: Minor wear, firing flaws, the base with a small old fill.

Weight: 241.0 g
Dimensions: Height 11 cm

Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related Korean peach-shaped water dropper, also dated to the 19th century, at Sotheby's New York in A Noble Pursuit: Important Chinese And Korean Art From A Japanese Private Collection on 11 September 2019, lot 530, sold for USD 12,500.

朝鮮王朝桃形硯滴
韓國，十九世紀。塑造成桃形，帶著樹枝，底座穿孔，一側有引流，在引流對面的水果褶皺中有一個氣孔。釉下彩藍色葉子，桃子的尖端用釉下銅紅色。 釉面有細膩的開片，凹處匯聚了藍釉。

來源：法國私人收藏
品相：輕微磨損，燒製缺陷，底座有舊時小填充。

重量：241.0 克
尺寸：高 11 厘米

拍賣結果比較：比較一件十分相近的韓國桃形硯滴，十九世紀, 見紐約蘇富比 A Noble Pursuit: Important Chinese And Korean Art From A Japanese Private Collection 2019年9月11日 lot 530, 售價USD 12,500。