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A BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE, BINH TY BA A BLUE AND WHITE JAR
Le dynasty, 15h/16th century Le dynasty, 15th/16th century
Of pear form with a flared rim, painted with successive bands of Thickly potted with a flared rim and an ovoid body, painted in
plantain leaves, shell-shaped flowers in lotus reserves, alternating underglaze blue with a key-fret band and striping above a panel with
leaf sprays and young plants separated by wave diapers and jeweled opposing images of rocks and bamboo separated by two chich choe
lappets rising from the foot, the foot area unglazed and the recessed birds, ending with jeweled lotus petals rising above the tall foot, the
base coated with a reddish brown wash. densely crazed glaze covering the exterior and interior walls with four
11 5/8in (29.5cm) high spur marks visible on the floor of the deep well, the thick foot and
deeply recessed base without glaze.
$2,000 - 3,000 7 1/2 in (19cm) high
7 3/4in (19.5cm) diameter
Published
James H. Brow and Anh Hoang Brow, ‘Vietnamese Ceramics: A Ten $2,500 - 4,000
Thousand Year Continuum,’ Arts of Asia, March-April 2004, p. 90, no.
27. Published
James H. Brow and Anh Hoang Brow, ‘Vietnamese Ceramics: A Ten
For a large shard of similar bottle excavated at the kiln site, see Tang Thousand Year Continuum,’ Arts of Asia, March-April 2004, p. 1, no.
Ba Huanh (editor), Gom Chu Dao [Chu Dao Ceramics], 1999, p. 133, 28.
A151. See also Butterfields sale, Treasures from the Hoi An Hoard, 11-
13 October, 2000, lots 317 and 318, the bottle in the right side of the For a blue and white jar of similar shape, size and decoration, see
photo for lot 318 very similar to decoration of this lot. John Stevenson and John Guy, Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate
Tradition, 1997, p. 361, no. 337 (19.5cm diameter).

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