Lot Essay
A similar vase is illustrated in Vietnamese and Chinese Ceramics used in the Japanese Tea Ceremony, Oxford University Press, pp. 32-33
14TH/15TH CENTURY
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An Annamese iron-brown glazed pear-shaped vase, Yu hu chun
14th/15th Century
Painted in iron-brown under a crackled cream glaze, with a band of scrolling lotus and hibiscus, and fan-shaped panels of stylised lotus on a cross-hatched ground with a row of tall pointed leaves on the slightly flaring neck, the foot steeply cut and the base with brown wash (some flaking to the glaze, some restoration)
32.5 cm. high
14th/15th Century
Painted in iron-brown under a crackled cream glaze, with a band of scrolling lotus and hibiscus, and fan-shaped panels of stylised lotus on a cross-hatched ground with a row of tall pointed leaves on the slightly flaring neck, the foot steeply cut and the base with brown wash (some flaking to the glaze, some restoration)
32.5 cm. high