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A GLAZED CEREMONIAL TEMPLE STAND A CELADON GLAZED OVOID EWER AND LID
WITH IRON BROWN STRIPING Tran dynasty, 13th/14th century
Ly-Tran dynasties, 11th/12th century The ewer molded with a low foot and narrow neck, a makara head
Formed as a shallow bowl within a lotus flower rising from a waisted spout and a striated loop handle applied on the shoulder carved
stem with a pearl border set within an elaborate waisted pedestal with leaf scrolls and string bands that repeat in larger scale on the
with further lotus petals and pearl border above a stepped base of exterior walls beneath an olive green glaze, the foot pad and shallowly
octagonal section, the celadon-tinged glaze on the exterior walls recessed base left unglazed; the associated lid shaped like a curving
accented with stripes of iron brown wash, leaving the well of the bowl lotus leaf with ribbed walls and a flat knob, the glaze of pale olive
and the recessed base unglazed. green.
4 1/4in (11cm) high 7in (18cm) height of ewer
8in (20.5cm) height with lid
$3,000 - 5,000
$2,500 - 4,000
For similar vessels described as cup stands, see John Stevenson and
John Guy, Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition, 1997, pp.188- Published
189, nos. 37-40. James H. Brow and Anh Hoang Brow, ‘Vietnamese Ceramics: A Ten
Thousand Year Continuum,’ Arts of Asia, March-April 2004, p. 85, no.
12.

For a ewer of similar shape and decoration, see John Stevenson and
John Guy, Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition, 1997, p. 238,
no. 119, also noting the similarity to carved decoration on Northern
Chinese wares produced at the Yaozhou kilns; and p. 236, nos. 115
and 116, for similar lotus leaf covers on melon shaped jars from the
same period.

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