Lot 9547, A good underglaze blue and enamel-decorated large dish, Vietnam, late 15th-early 16th century. Estimate US$ 1,000 - 1,500 (€890 - 1,300). Photo Bonhams.

The interior decorated with a fanciful lion playing with a ribbon-tied ball amid cloud scrolls framed by a band of scalloped lotus petals and ogival reserves filled with ghost images of miniature flowers and wave patterns from lost enamels while traces of green enamel remain on the front and also forming the outline to the lotus petal band on the reverse, the recessed base covered with a chocolate brown wash (glaze degraded, extensive enamel losses, some staining throughout). 17 1/8in (43.4cm) diameter

Provenance: Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, Sale 1730O, Treasures from the Hoi An Hoard, 11-13 October 2000, lot 593, illustrated p. 222

Bonhams. ASIAN DECORATIVE ARTS, 10:00 PDT - SAN FRANCISCO