Octagonal White Porcelain Dish with Grape Design in Underglaze Cobalt Blue

Joseon Period (18th Century)

This distinctive dish is cut into an octagonal form with faceted edges and an everted mouth rim. Both the interior and exterior are painted in pale underglaze blue with clusters of grapes rendered grain by grain, their leaves spreading to fill the entire surface with a lush, verdant abundance. The glaze is a milky white, soft and quietly luminous in tone. Produced at the Gumsa-ri kiln in Gwangju during the eighteenth century, this dish is notable for the individuality of its form and the freely interpreted grapevine decoration — a composition of distinctive character that sets it apart within the repertoire of Joseon white porcelain painting.