Bonhams. FINE ASIAN WORKS OF ART, 18 Dec 2017, 11:00 PST, SAN FRANCISCO
A small blue and white beaker, Lê dynasty, 15th-16th century
Lot 853. A small blue and white beaker, Lê dynasty, 15th-16th century; 4 1/2in (11.5cm) high, 4 3/8in (11cm) diameter. Estimate US$ 1,200 - 1,500 (€1,000 - 1,300). Sold for US$ 750 (€633). Photo: Bonhams.
Potted with a flared rim and ovoid body, painted in underglaze blue with striping and a leaf scroll band, a wider panel with clumps of water grasses separated by opposing chich choe placed above overlapping lotus lappets rising from the low foot ring, the glaze covering the exterior and interior walls with a firing ring visible on the floor of the deep well, the shallowly recessed base covered with a chocolate brown wash.
Published: James H. Brow and Anh Hoang Brow, 'Vietnamese Ceramics: A Ten Thousand Year Continuum, Arts of Asia, March-April 2004, p. 1, no. 28.
For a blue and white beaker jar and cover of similar shape, size and decoration, see John Stevenson and John Guy, Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition, 1997, p. 360, no. 336 (13cm high).