越南　十五/十六世紀　安南窯青花瑞獸圖大罐

Compare the blue and white jar of similar form, but with a less flared foot, decorated with birds amongst foliage in the main band above a band of lappets similar to that seen on the present jar, formerly in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Piccus, illustrated in J. Stevenson and J. Guy, Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition, Chicago, 1997, p. 361, no. 338, where it is dated 16th century. Also illustrated, p. 360, nos. 334 and 335, are two blue and white jars with different decoration to the present jar, but of similar form including the flared foot, which are dated 15th-16th century.