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A GROUP OF THREE SMALL GLAZED CONTAINERS WITH A CREAM GLAZED STORAGE JAR WITH BROWN INLAY BIRD
GREEN ENAMEL SPLASHES DECORATION
Chinese colonial period, 1st-4th centuries Ly-Tran dynasty, 12th-14th century
The first a guan-type vessel of compressed ovoid form with a short Of cylindrical form carved with a collar of lotus petals above four
neck, opposing strap loops on the shoulder and raised on a tall applied strap lugs, the walls coated with glaze and then portions
spreading foot, accented with a single leaf green enamel splash and scraped away to form a wide panel of long tailed birds set between
an incised string band along the shoulder; the second of similar form leaf scrolls and horizontal string bands colored with iron wash before
but smaller in size, the more compressed globular body showing a firing, the mouth rim and the flat base left without glaze.
splash of green on the inside neck and a patches of green along the 12 1/4in (31cm) high
lower body; the third a compressed ovoid jarlet with a short neck, four
loop handles and an incised sting band at the shoulder, a large green $3,000 - 5,000
splash visible on one side and the flat base left without glaze.
6 1/4in and 4 1/2in (15.8 and 11.5cm)
length across handles of first two containers Published
3 1/4in (8.2cm) diameter of the jarlet James H. Brow and Anh Hoang Brow, ‘Vietnamese Ceramics: A Ten
Thousand Year Continuum,’ Arts of Asia, March-April 2004, p. 82, no.
6.
$1,500 - 2,500
For a description of the inlay technique used to decorate this group
Published of jars and another storage jar with similar decoration, see John
James H. Brow and Anh Hoang Brow, ‘Vietnamese Ceramics: A Ten Stevenson and John Guy, Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition,
Thousand Year Continuum,’ Arts of Asia, March-April 2004, p. 81, no. 1997, pp. 115-117; and p. 208, no. 66.
3.

For a guan container similar in shape to the first vessel in the lot, see
John Stevenson and John Guy, Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate
Tradition, 1997, p. 172, no. 8. The third jarlet recalls similar shapes
associated with Jin dynasty kilns in Zhejiang and neighboring
provinces: see He Li, Chinese Ceramics: a New Comprehensive
Survey, 1996, p. 81, no. 100 (Western Jin [265-316], 5 1/2in [13.9cm]
diameter.

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