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Plate, Vietnam, 14th century. Stoneware with brown glaze. Height: 1 3/4 in. (4.45 cm); Diameter: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm). Gift of Ambassador and Mrs. Edward E. Masters (M.84.213.216) © Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Jar, Vietnam, Champa culture, late 14th - late 16th century. Stoneware with brown glaze. Height: 4 5/8 in. (11.75 cm); Diameter: 5 5/8 in. (14.29 cm). Gift of Ambassador and Mrs. Edward E. Masters (M.84.213.256) © Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Jarlet, Vietnam, late 14th-early 15th century. Stoneware with blue painted decoration. Height: 2 9/16 in. (6.51 cm); Diameter: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm). Gift of Ambassador and Mrs. Edward E. Masters (M.84.213.230) © Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Round Box with Phoenixes, Vietnam, circa 1400-1600. Wheel-thrown stoneware with painted decoration and clear glaze, 2 x 3 in. (5.08 x 7.62 cm). Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Harold Keith (M.81.41a-b) © Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Miniature Holy Water Container (Kendi) with Lotus Petals and Chrysanthemum Scrolls, Vietnam, circa 1400-1600. Wheel-thrown stoneware with cream slip, underglaze blue painted decoration, and clear glaze, 3 7/8 × 6 × 4 in. (9.84 × 15.24 × 10.16 cm). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lenart (M.74.32.3) © Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Covered Box with a Landscape, Vietnam, circa 1450-1550. Wheel-thrown stoneware with cream slip, incised and underglaze blue painted decoration, clear glaze and overglaze green and red enamel decoration, 3 x 3 1/2 in. (7.62 x 8.89 cm), Gift of Margot and Hans A. Ries (M.73.119.16a-b) © Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Covered Box, Vietnam, 15th century. Stoneware with underglaze blue painted decoration. Height: 1 1/2 in. (3.81 cm); Depth: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm). Gift of Sylvia B. Sherwood (M.89.127.1a-b)  © Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Basin, Vietnam, Dongson Culture, circa 1st-2nd century A.D. Copper alloy. Height: 6 1/4 in. (15.88 cm); Diameter: 15 3/4 in. (40.01 cm). Gift of Daniel Ostroff (M.2003.226.4) © Los Angeles County Museum of Art Bibliography: Brown, Robert L. "Selections From the Southeast Asian Art Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art." Arts of Asia 38 (3): 75-87 (May-June 2008)

Pair of Altar Lamps with Dragons and Phoenixes, Vietnam, circa 1400-1600. Wheel-thrown stoneware with cream slip, underglaze blue painted decoration, and clear and brown glazes. Height: 16 9/16 in. (42.07 cm). Gift of Lynda and Stewart Resnick (AC1998.98.1.1-.2) © Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Jar, 15th century, Vietnam, Bat Trang village. Porcelaneous stoneware with underglaze blue, H. 6 in. (15.2 cm). Gift of Dean F. Frasché, 76.074.003 © 2017 Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University Although often confused with or considered to be offspring of Chinese Ming dynasty blue-and-white wares, the ceramics of Vietnam differ from their Chinese counterparts in many ways. A creamier, more opaque glaze and a looser pattern in the underglaze decoration are the two most common features that set... [Lire la suite]