A Blue and white Lotus Dish
Vietnam, 15th century
Decorated in the center with a flowering lotus branch, encircled by lotus petals and further flowering branches near the rim, all in a grayish blue tone on a creamy white ground
14¼ in. (36 cm.) diameter
Lot Essay
For another example of this type, see J. Stevenson and J. Guy, Vietnamese Ceramics, A Separate Tradition, 1997, fig. 239, p. 305.