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A CREAM GLAZED STORAGE JAR WITH BROWN INLAY A CREAM GLAZED SHORT JAR WITH BROWN INLAY
FLORAL DECORATION DECORATION
Ly-Tran dynasties, 12th-14th century Ly-Tran dynasties, 12th-14th century
Of cylindrical form carved with a collar of lotus petals and two circular Thickly potted with a flared rim above a waisted neck carved with
apertures above six strap handles separated by impressed bosses, the raised string bands that repeat in the foot area below a pattern of
walls carved and scraped to form a wide panel of peony blossoms on flower heads and vertical stripes carved into the fabric and colored in
leafy stems above a shorter band of upright petals, the background iron brown to contrast with the celadon-tinged glaze on the exterior
areas coated with iron wash and then glazed, leaving the flat base and walls and portions of the interior, the flat base unglazed and showing
interior walls unglazed. traces of five large spur marks.
14 1/8in (36cm) high 7in (18cm) diameter

$3,000 - 5,000 $2,000 - 3,000
For jars with similar decoration, see John Stevenson and John Guy, A similar pattern of flower heads separated by vertical stripes
Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition, 1997, pp. 212-213, no. appears on a covered jar with pierced pedestal foot illustrated in John
72-74; and discussed on p. 117. Stevenson and John Guy, Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition,
1997, p. 206, no. 63; see also p. 207, no. 65, for a jar with five spur
marks visible on its flat base similar to this lot.

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