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863 A SPOTTED CELADON EWER AND LID
AN IRON BROWN-DECORATED BOTTLE, BINH TY BA Tran dynasty, 13th/14th century
Tran-Le dynasties, 14th/15th century Of compressed ovoid form with a short spout and a striated strap
Of pear form with a pale greenish tinge to the glaze layer, the flared handle on the shoulder separated by four leaf shaped loops, the walls
neck painted with flaming pearls on the interior and plantain leaves also incised with string bands visible beneath the pale olive-green
on the exterior above more flaming pearls filling four lappets on the glaze marked with iron brown dots of irregular shape, the wide foot
shoulder, the body inscribed with four Han-Nom characters separated and shallow base unglazed; the lid with faceted walls similarly glazed
by waves above a row of jeweled lappets, the recessed base within and fitting over the short neck of the ewer.
the unglazed foot pad covered with a brown wash. 7 1/4in (18.5cm) height of ewer
11 1/2in (29cm) high 7 7/8in (20cm) height with lid
$4,000 - 6,000 $3,000 - 5,000

Published For ewers of similar form with four leaf-shaped loops on the shoulder,
James H. Brow and Anh Hoang Brow, ‘Vietnamese Ceramics: A Ten see John Stevenson and John Guy, Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate
Thousand Year Continuum,’ Arts of Asia, March-April 2004, p. 89, no. Tradition, 1997, p. 237, nos. 117 and 118 (as 13th/14th century). for
24. an alms bowl and a beaker with the same spotted glaze, dated to the
13th/14th century, see Philippe Truong, The Elephant and the Lotus:
The shape is of Chinese origin, the yuhuchun wine bottle of the Vietnamese Ceramics in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, New York,
13th/14th century. For a similar bottle with a four-character inscription 2007, pp. 83-84, nos. 50 and 51. The spotted glaze may have been
in the Museum of Southeast Asian Ceramics, Kyoto, see John inspired by the many Longquan vessels exported to Southeast Asia
Stevenson and John Guy, Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition, during the Yuan dynasty: see the Southeast Asian Ceramic Society,
1997, p. 332, no. 284. Singapore, Chinese Celadons and Other Related Wares in Southeast
Asia, 1979, pp. 190-195, no. 152 and nos. 154-157 (all as 14th
century).

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