An annamese blue and white pear-shaped ewer

15TH CENTURY

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An annamese blue and white pear-shaped ewer
15th Century
After an Islamic prototype, the pear-shaped body applied to each side with a quatrefoil openwork panel of a bird within a foliate surround, painted in underglaze blue with a floral meander, with serpentine bracket spout and long strap handle (restorations)
22.8 cm. high

Lot Essay

Pierced medallions may have been inspired by Islamic metalwork. For a group of vessels with similar pierced medallions, see J. Stevenson and J. Guy, Vietnamese Ceramics, Chicago 1997, pp. 354-357, pls. 327-330.

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