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A BLUE AND WHITE GLOBULAR JAR WITH LID AND A PARROT A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
BOWL Le Dynasty, 15th/16th century
Le dynasty, 15th/16th century The cover molded in eight sections with raised lotus lappets outlining
The jar of compressed form, painted in cobalt with a band of leaf the top edge that conform to raised ribs on the curving walls and
scrolls over a row of four-petaled flowers separating leafy tendrils painted with alternating flower and wave panels that surround a
above three narrow cloud scrolls, the glaze stopping short of the foot central peony blossom roundel, the curving walls of both sections
pad and shallow recessed base; the lid painted with leafy tendrils showing begonia-shaped blossoms separated by trellis panels above
surrounding a lotus bud finial, with glaze on the exterior and the overlapping lotus petals rising above the unglazed foot pad and
recessed interior; the bowl formed as a compressed peach with a shallowly recessed base.
parrot on the right biting the leafy peach branch, the head and feathers 6 7/8in (17.5cm) diameter
of the parrot outlined in underglaze blue, the glaze layer showing
traces of yellow enamel on the peach leaf and spots of green enamel $2,000 - 3,000
on the floor of the bowl, with portions of the underside left unglazed.
[3] Published
4 1/4in (11cm) diameter of the jar James H. Brow and Anh Hoang Brow, ‘Vietnamese Ceramics: A Ten
2 3/4in (7cm) diameter of the lid Thousand Year Continuum,’ Arts of Asia, March-April 2004, p. 92, no.
4in (10cm) length across the parrot bowl 31.

$1,200 - 1,500 Two covered boxes of similar size, shape and underglaze decoration
were sold in Butterfields Treasures from the Hoi An Hoard sale, 11-13
Published October, 2000, lot 2031, diameter 6 7/8 and 7 in (17.4 and 17.8cm).
James H. Brow and Anh Hoang Brow, ‘Vietnamese Ceramics: A Ten
Thousand Year Continuum,’ Arts of Asia, March-April 2004, p. 92, no.
31 (jar and cover).

Compressed globular jars of similar form but smaller in height, ranging
from 1 7/8 to 2 5/8in (4.7 to 6.6cm) were offered in Butterfields
Treasures from the Hoi An Hoard, 11-13 October, 2000, lots 435-442.
Chich choe and water grasses predominated in the decoration of the
Hoi An jars; but the four-petal flower head and leaf scroll pattern on
the central band of this lot recurs on a number of dishes offered in lots
1112 -1163. For similar parrot bowls from the Hoi An Hoard, showing
traces of colored enamel and the parrot’s tail tapering inward along
right side of the peach, see also lots 1738 and 1739.

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