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Lot 859

A blue and white ewer with lid
Le dynasty, 15th/16th century

Fine Asian Works of Art
18 December 2017, 11:00 PST
San Francisco

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A blue and white ewer with lid

Le dynasty, 15th/16th century
With applied dragon-shaped handle and curving spout joined by raised clay coils to the shoulder painted in with overlapping lotus petals, then reserves of young plants separated by wave patterns in a wide band above further lotus petals encircling the body, the lower edge of the tall foot painted with an iron-brown band, the foot pad and recessed base unglazed; the associated lid also painted with overlapping lotus petals in underglaze cobalt and the interior recess finished with reddish-brown wash.
6 1/4in (16cm) height of pitcher
7in (17.8cm) height including lid

Footnotes

Published
James H. Brow and Anh Hoang Brow, 'Vietnamese Ceramics: A Ten Thousand Year Continuum,' Arts of Asia, March-April 2004, p. 92, no. 31.

See the similarly shaped ewers offered Butterfields sale, Treasures from the Hoi An Hoard, 11-13 October, 2000, lot 171, with chich choe and flaming pearl bands around the bodies, but also showing a lotus petal band along the shoulder and iron brown striping along the base of the tall foot.

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