Dish

Medium-sized dish with decoration incised through the glaze.
Clay: ivory stoneware body.
Glaze: clear glaze; iron wash “chocolate” base.
Decoration: A single large floral (probably lotus) spray fills the center, while the well is filled by a floral scroll.

Historical period(s)
Tran or Later Le dynasty, 14th-15th century
Medium
Stoneware with clear glaze; iron pigment on base
Dimensions
H x W x D: 6.1 x 23.9 x 23.9 cm (2 3/8 x 9 7/16 x 9 7/16 in)
Geography
Vietnam, Hai Duong province, Red River Delta kilns
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1995.14
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Ceramic, Vessel
Type

Dish

Keywords
flower, Later Le dynasty (1428 - 1527), lotus, stoneware, Vietnam
Provenance

From the late 1960s
Robert Griffing, acquired in Indonesia in the late 1960s [1]

John Menke, Scarsdale, NY, purchased from Robert Griffing [2]

Eric J. Zetterquist, New York, held on consignment for John Menke [3]

From 1995
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Eric J. Zetterquist in 1995

Notes:

[1] According to Curatorial Note 12, Louise A. Cort, December 1, 1995, in the object record.

[2] See note 1.

[3] See note 1.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Eric J. Zetterquist
Robert P. Griffing Jr.
Betty and John R. Menke

Description

Medium-sized dish with decoration incised through the glaze.
Clay: ivory stoneware body.
Glaze: clear glaze; iron wash "chocolate" base.
Decoration: A single large floral (probably lotus) spray fills the center, while the well is filled by a floral scroll.

Published References
  • Louise Allison Cort, George Williams, David P. Rehfuss. Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia. Washington. .
  • John Stevenson, John Guy, Louise Allison Cort. Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition. Chicago. p. 305, pl. 241.
Collection Area(s)
Southeast Asian Art
Web Resources
Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia
Google Cultural Institute
F|S Southeast Asia
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