Lot 861. An unglazed stoneware storage jar and lid, Lý–Trần dynasty, 12th-14th century; 7 1/8in (18cm) height overall. Estimate US$ 1,500 - 2,500 (€1,300 - 2,100). Unsold. Photo: Bonhams.

The ovoid jar formed with a concave collar, with lotus petal bands and roller marks impressed on the walls above a saw-town line of sculpted petals that encircle the tall foot ring with pierced details, the collar covered by the domed lid impressed with the same lotus petal and roller bands surrounding a waisted circular finial. 

Published: James H. Brow and Anh Hoang Brow, 'Vietnamese Ceramics: A Ten Thousand Year Continuum,' Arts of Asia, March-April 2004, p. 82, no. 5.

Note: For a jar with a similar concave collar, impressed lotus leaf band and roller marks on the body but supported on a solid foot ring, see John Stevenson and John Guy, Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition, 1997, p. 217, no. 84.