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ca. 14th century · Stoneware with iron-underglaze floral décor and ivory glaze · Asian Art

This finely formed glazed ewer with leaf-shaped strap handle and spout in the form of a mythical dragon makara was intended for serving wine. Its elegant form, of bulbous body and slender neck with flared rim, creates a pleasing silhouette to grace a dining table. The decorative focus has been on the modelled strap handle and dragon-shaped spout with only the most minimal painted decoration, sketchily brushed flowers reserved between two double-lines on the shoulder. Such glazed stoneware ewers of this type were produced in the ceramic industry that prospered in the Hong (Red) River delta region of northern Vietnam in the thirteenth and fourteenth century. Such ewers are rarely found in an export context and appears to have been largely for domestic consumption.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 14th century

Medium

Stoneware with iron-underglaze floral décor and ivory glaze

Culture

Vietnam, Hong River region

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Richard Greenbaum Fund, 2021