Lot 866. Two green glazed bowls with unglazed stacking rings, Trần-Lê dynasty, 14th-15th century; 6 1/2 and 6 1/8in (16.5 and 15.5cm) diameter. Estimate US$ 800 - 1,200 (€680 - 1,000). Sold for US$ 375 (€316). Photo: Bonhams. 

The larger bowl with a cut rim and a well impressed with alternating flower heads separated by raised ribs above an unglazed stacking ring in the dark green glaze layer that continues on the exterior, stopping unevenly above a tall foot and recessed base; the smaller bowl elaborately molded with a barbed rim and conforming ribs down the walls of the well also impressed with phoenixes in flight amid clouds and a cloud roundel framed by the unglazed stacking ring in the pale leaf green glaze layer also covering the exterior walls, a reddish brown wash applied inside the foot and on the recessed base.

Published: James H. Brow and Anh Hoang Brow, 'Vietnamese Ceramics: A Ten Thousand Year Continuum,' Arts of Asia, March-April 2004, p. 84, no. 9.

Note: For three glazed bowls marked with similar unglazed stacking rings in the wells, see John Stevenson and John Guy,Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition, 1997, p. 279, no. 196.