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Southeast Asian Ceramics New Light on Old Pottery

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Plate, blue and white with fish motif
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Plate with “Sassanian asterisk” 16 th C Vietnam
Hai Duong kilns H: 9 cm, D: 33.5 cm
15 th –16 th C NUS Museum S1999-0009-044-0 a.
H: 7 cm, D: 36.6 cm Rim with a flat lip; cavetto decorated with five feathery leaf-
NUS Museum S1969-0099-001-0 like motifs; the centre medallion with a triple blue circular b.
“Dish. With unglazed rim, the flat lip with a classic scroll, border and a central fish motif surrounded by four long
the whole interior occupied with a large with a large six- feathery leaf-like motifs; lotus panels in underglaze blue
pointed ‘sassanian asterisk’ enclosing a chrysanthemum on exterior walls, high foot with two horizontal bands near
rosette, and with leaf-sprays between the points; the outside base; chocolate base. 137
wall with 12 lotus panels enclosing leaf-forms; all painted a. Plate base with animal and red-brown slip
in a deep underglaze blue-black; the carved foot unglazed,
and with a spirally scraped ‘chocolate base’.” (Willetts 1971: Vietnam
pl 28; see also Young 1982: 162–163 pl 198; Brown 2002a: 15 th C
90) Donated by Cold Storage Pte Ltd. W: 5 cm, H: 6.2 cm
ACM HC SEA 006
Dish, blue and white with bamboo motif Plate base with animal (chilin or dragon) in blue underglaze;
Vietnam red brown slip on a light grey biscuit.
15 th –16 th C
D: 35.8 cm, H: 7.5 cm b. Figurine fragment, lower part of robe
NUS Museum S1971-0056-001-0 Vietnam
“Unglazed rim, classic scroll, plantain leaves on cavetto, and 15 th century
centre medallion of bamboo motif; the outside wall with 11 L: 13.5 cm, W: 10.5 cm
lotus panels enclosing leaf forms; carved footrim unglazed; ACM HC SEA 007
no chocolate base but a slightly greenish glaze.” (Willetts Blue-green underglaze décor of cloud scrolls and stylised
1971: pl 23; cf. also Young et al 1982: 154–155 pl 188) drapery on a grey biscuit; interior unglazed.