Vietnamese ceramics sold at Olympia Auctions, London, April 26, 2023
Lot 59. A large Annamese blue and white dish, 15-16th century; 35cm diameter. Sold: £200 GBP (Est: £100 GBP - £200 GBP). © Olympia Auctions
robustly potted, the rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to a flaring rim, freely painted to the interior with a medallion enclosing a deer bending down to lick its rear hoof, all encircled by stylized floral sprays.
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
Lot 60. Two celadon bowls, Vietnam, 12th century or later and a South East Asian celadon bowl; 6.4cm high, 16.6cm diam., and smaller. Sold: £800 GBP (Est: £100 GBP - £150 GBP). © Olympia Auctions
each with carved foliate decoration in low relief, five spur marks in the centre.
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
Lot 61. Three celadon glazed stoneware bowls and a lid, Vietnam, 12th-13th century; 16.5cm diam. and smaller. Sold: £200 GBP (Est: £300 GBP - £400 GBP). © Olympia Auctions
comprising three bowls, two with carved underglaze relief decoration, and a lid with bud-shaped handle.
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
Lot 63. Three blue and white bowls, a blue and white jar, a blue and white lid and fragment in the form of a lion head, a small monochrome green glazed jar, Vietnam, 14th century and later; with a Chinese a 'famille rose' dish and a bowl; 19.5cm diam. (famille rose), 11cm high; 14cm diam (largest blue and white bowl). Sold: £180 GBP (Est: £250 GBP - £350 GBP). © Olympia Auctions
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
Lot 64. A celadon glazed bowl, Vietnam, 11th-13th century; a South Chinese celadon small box and cover, a Khmer pot with cover, a small twin handled bottle, and a Sawankhalok bowl with lotus leaf relief design, and two Sawankhalok stoneware jarlets, 12th-16th century; 13cm diam. (largest bowl, and smaller). Sold: £380 GBP (Est: £250 GBP - £350 GBP). © Olympia Auctions
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent.
Lot 65. Four monochrome glazed bowls, Vietnam, 12th-14th century and Two white glazed bowls, South China, 12th-14th century; 19cm diameter and smaller. Sold: £420 GBP (Est: £200 GBP - £300 GBP). © Olympia Auctions
each with carved or moulded underglaze decoration.
Provenance: Collection of a deceased diplomat, thence by descent. One bowl with old auction label: 'Mallams, 44, 23/10/13.
Olympia Auctions. London, April 26, 2023