AN UNUSUAL AND BOLDLY PAINTED ANNAMESE BOWL of shallow rounded form with outcurved rim, decorated in iron-brown with a large flower on a short stalk flanked by leaves, covering the interior and extending beyond the incised ring around the well, beneath a glaze of greenish buff colour, 12th/13th Century

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AN UNUSUAL AND BOLDLY PAINTED ANNAMESE BOWL of shallow rounded form with outcurved rim, decorated in iron-brown with a large flower on a short stalk flanked by leaves, covering the interior and extending beyond the incised ring around the well, beneath a glaze of greenish buff colour, 12th/13th Century
35cm. diam.

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A similar dish illustrated on the front cover of, A Ceramic Lagacy of Asia's Maritime Trade, S.E.A.C.S., 1985; see de Flines, Batavian Museum Guide, pl. 20, no. 1439; see also Iron in the Fire, the O.S.S. p. 49, pl. 35.

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