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Dish with six-petal flower decoration,

late 15th–early 16th century

Vietnamese
Le dynasty, 1428–1789
2019-311

Information

Title
Dish with six-petal flower decoration
Dates

late 15th–early 16th century

Medium
Stoneware with underglaze blue designs
Dimensions
h. 6 × diam. 26.2 cm (2 3/8 × 10 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard and Ruth Dickes
Object Number
2019-311
Marks/Labels/Seals
Paper sticker on bottom identifies as “Annamese, 15th c.”
Description
Circular dish imitating blue-and-white porcelain. Decorated on the interior with a six-petal blossom centered amid scrolling leaves and framed by four cloud whorls in a band within double blue lines. Above on the cavetto are four flower heads alternating with four leafy sprays in a band topped by a blue line. Two blue lines circle the flat ring before the rim. The exterior is decorated with a band of eight jeweled lotus lappet above a foot ring. The underside is unglazed.
Culture
Vietnamese
Period
Lê
Type
ceramics, dishes

– Flores &amp; Iva (New York, NY), sold to Richard and Ruth Dickes (Morristown, NJ).<br> –2019 Richard and Ruth Dickes (Morristown, NJ), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2019.<br>

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