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A GLAZED BEAKER WITH RAISED RELIEF AND POLYCHROME AN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND POLYCHROME ENAMELED DEEP
ENAMEL DECORATION DISH
14th/15th century, the enamel decoration possibly later 15th/16th century
The exterior walls molded in subtle raised relief with vertical ribs The wide well centered with a depiction of a stork standing amid lotus
and a line of tiny circular bosses below the rim, the glaze covering plants drawn in cobalt outline that repeats with striping and four flower
the exterior and interior with four spur marks visible on the circular heads on the curving side walls, the decoration finished with iron red
floor; the enamel decoration drawn in iron red with bands of coins, outlines and green enameled details that continue on the exterior walls
composite lotus flowers on leafy tendrils and jeweled lappets, the and tall foot, the foot pad and recessed base left unglazed.
designs highlighted in yellow and green enamels and brown wash 13 3/8in (34cm) diameter
applied to the recessed base within the wide foot.
5in (12.7cm) diameter $3,000 - 5,000
4in (10cm) high
Published
$1,500 - 2,500 James H. Brow and Anh Hoang Brow, ‘Vietnamese Ceramics: A Ten
Thousand Year Continuum,’ Arts of Asia, March-April 2004, p.93, no.
Published 33.
James H. Brow and Anh Hoang Brow, ‘Vietnamese Ceramics: A Ten
Thousand Year Continuum,’ Arts of Asia, March-April 2004, p. 93, no. Birds amid flowers or flowering branches outlined in cobalt and colored
34. in red and green enamels are well-represented in the deep dishes
associated with the Hoi An shipwreck cargo. See, for example lots
For monochrome glazed beakers of similar shape with raised relief 24, 35, and 39 offered in Butterfields sale Treasures from the Hoi An
decoration only, see John Guy, Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Hoard, 11-13 October, 2000. See also John Stevenson and John
Tradition, 1997, p. 247, no. 135 (as 13th-14th century); and p. 269, Guy, Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition, 1997, p. 313, no.
no. 177 (as 14th-15th century). 250 for interior border decoration similar to this lot of underglaze blue
flower heads amid flower and leaf scrolls drawn in iron red and green
enamels.

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