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Lot 879
A small lotus-petal dish with incised decoration Ly dynasty, 11th-13th century
18 December 2017, 11:00 PST
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A small lotus-petal dish with incised decoration
Ly dynasty, 11th-13th century
Carefully molded with walls shaped as extruding lotus petal covered with a celadon-tinged glaze, the tiny raised pearls along the lip showing traces of iron wash that also color a row of impressed pearls framing a leaf scroll roundel incised across the unglazed floor, the deeply recessed base and foot also left unglazed.
4 1/8 (1.5cm) diameter
Carefully molded with walls shaped as extruding lotus petal covered with a celadon-tinged glaze, the tiny raised pearls along the lip showing traces of iron wash that also color a row of impressed pearls framing a leaf scroll roundel incised across the unglazed floor, the deeply recessed base and foot also left unglazed.
4 1/8 (1.5cm) diameter
Footnotes
For small dishes of similar form, see John Stevenson and John Guy, Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition, 1997, pP. 192-194, nos. 45-48; and their possible use as offering trays discussed by John Stevenson on pp. 117-118.
