A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE SPHERICAL LIME-POT, surmounted by an arched strap handle with buds and tendrils at its junction with the shoulder, a raised shou at the centre above the aperture, below a floral spray, on a raised obliquely-cut foot (chips), 24cm. high; and a smaller green and white-glazed spherical lime-pot , surmounted by an arched strap handle, all under a white slip and a translucent glaze with bright green splashes above the pale buff biscuit foot (chips), 11.3cm. high

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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE SPHERICAL LIME-POT, surmounted by an arched strap handle with buds and tendrils at its junction with the shoulder, a raised shou at the centre above the aperture, below a floral spray, on a raised obliquely-cut foot (chips), 24cm. high; and a smaller green and white-glazed spherical lime-pot , surmounted by an arched strap handle, all under a white slip and a translucent glaze with bright green splashes above the pale buff biscuit foot (chips), 11.3cm. high

15th/16th Century (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. similarly shaped examples in Vietnamese Ceramics, Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, Catalogue, 1982, p.150, pls. 182 and 183

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