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Lot 858

A blue and white jar
Le dynasty, 15th/16th century

Fine Asian Works of Art

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A blue and white jar

Le dynasty, 15th/16th century
Thickly potted with a flared rim and an ovoid body, painted in underglaze blue with a key-fret band and striping above a panel with opposing images of rocks and bamboo separated by two chich choe birds, ending with jeweled lotus petals rising above the tall foot, the densely crazed glaze covering the exterior and interior walls with four spur marks visible on the floor of the deep well, the thick foot and deeply recessed base without glaze.
7 1/2 in (19cm) high
7 3/4in (19.5cm) diameter

Footnotes

Published
James H. Brow and Anh Hoang Brow, 'Vietnamese Ceramics: A Ten Thousand Year Continuum,' Arts of Asia, March-April 2004, p. 1, no. 28.

For a blue and white jar of similar shape, size and decoration, see John Stevenson and John Guy, Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition, 1997, p. 361, no. 337 (19.5cm diameter).

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