Ewer in the shape of a fish and a shrimp. Stoneware with brown glaze, molded and incised decoration, Bat Trang kilns. Overall: 18.5 x 18 cm (7 5/16 x 7 1/16 in.). Vietnam, Trân-Lê dynasty, 14th–15th century. Anonymous gift. Accession number 2002.764. © 2012 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Ewer in the shape of a shrimp situated horizontally atop a fish. Ewer's spout is in front of shrimp and an opening shaped like a lotus stem at top.

PROVENANCE: Collected by the donor in Vietnam in 1994 or slightly earlier.

CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ Truong, Philippe, The Elephant and the Lotus: Vietnamese Ceramics in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2007 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Cat. 187