Lot 883. A cream glazed bowl with carved decoration, Lý–Trần dynasties, 12th-13th century; 7 1/2in (19cm) diameter. Estimate US$ 800 - 1,200 (€680 - 1,000). Unsold. Photo: Bonhams.  

Thinly potted with five notches cut into the flared rim, the curving well incised and combed with a peony flower and leaf pattern bound within a single-line frame beneath a creamy glaze with a faint green tinge that continues onto the exterior walls, stopping unevenly along the to expose the fabric along the narrow foot ring and recessed base. 

Published: James H. Brow and Anh Hoang Brow, 'Vietnamese Ceramics: A Ten Thousand Year Continuum,' Arts of Asia, March-April 2004, p. 82, no. 4.

Note: The combed and incised decoration as well as the shape of the foot on this lot provide very close parallels to qingbai bowls fired at Jingdezhen during the Northern and Southern Song period. See Kai-yin Lo (editor), Bright as Silver White as Snow: Chinese White Ceramics form Late Tang to Yuan Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1998, pp. 164-165, pl. 40 (as 11th century); and pp. 174-175, pl. 45 (as 12th or 13th century).

Bonhams. FINE ASIAN WORKS OF ART, 18 Dec 2017, 11:00 PST, SAN FRANCISCO