Celadon Lidded Bowl
Tran Dynasty 1225 - 1400 AD,Vietnam
Diameter: 17.5 cm
A finely potted stoneware bowl with domed lid with crenelated edge surmounted by a two-tiered knob. The bowl has a narrow base that swells to a wide shoulder and inverted mouth rim. The top of the lid and the bottom half of the bowl are decorated with incised petals. Both interior of the bowl and overall exterior are covered in a finely crackled olive green glaze, which ends at the shallow foot rim, exposing a pale buff colored clay body. The underside of the lid is unglazed except for a wiped glaze under the domed section.
There is one hairline crack to the mouth rim and chips to the foot.
A very similar piece is published in “Vietnamese Ceramics; a Separate Tradition” by John Stevenson and John Guy, Avery Press, 1997. pl. 112
Another can be seen in “The Elephant and the Lotus “Vietnamese Ceramics in the Museum of Fine Arts” by Philippe Truong, Boston, Boston MFA, 2001. no. 45.
Provenance:
Mary and Cheney Cowles Collection
