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A BLUE AND WHITE EWER WITH LID A BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE, BINH TY BA
Le dynasty, 15th/16th century Le dynasty, 15th/16th century
With applied dragon-shaped handle and curving spout joined by raised Of pear form with a flared rim to the neck, painted in underglaze cobalt
clay coils to the shoulder painted with overlapping lotus petals, then with successive bands of plantain leaves, descending jeweled lappets
reserves of young plants separated by wave patterns in a wide band and birds alternating with bamboo above a jeweled lappet band rising
above further lotus petals encircling the body, the lower edge of the tall along the foot, the foot area unglazed and brown wash applied across
foot painted with an iron-brown band, the foot pad and recessed base the recessed base.
unglazed; the associated lid also painted with overlapping lotus petals 11 1/2in (29cm) high
in underglaze cobalt and the interior recess finished with reddish-
brown wash. $2,000 - 3,000
6 1/4in (16cm) height of pitcher
7in (17.8cm) height including lid Published
James H. Brow and Anh Hoang Brow, ‘Vietnamese Ceramics: A Ten
$2,000 - 3,000 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 Bottles with identical or very similar decoration were also part of the
Thousand Year Continuum,’ Arts of Asia, March-April 2004, p. 92, no. cargo sold in Butterfields sale, Treasures from the Hoi An Hoard, 11-
31. 13 October, 2000, lots 289 to 309. For another example with the bird
facing to the left, see John Stevenson and John Guy, Vietnamese
See the similarly shaped ewers offered Butterfields sale, Treasures Ceramics: A Separate Tradition, 1997, p. 335, no. 291. For an
from the Hoi An Hoard, 11-13 October, 2000, lot 171, with chich choe example excavated at the kiln site, see the front cover illustration on
and flaming pearl bands around the bodies, but also showing a lotus Tang Ba Huanh (editor), Gom Chu Dao [Chu Dao Ceramics], 1999,
petal band along the shoulder and iron brown striping along the base also illustrated on p. 133, A150.
of the tall foot.

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