Plate, 14th century

Details

Other Title: Plate decorated with classic scroll border
Place where the work was made: Hanoi → Vietnam
Date: 14th century
Media category: Ceramic
Materials used: stoneware decorated in iron black
Dimensions: 5.5 cm x 32.0 cm
Signature & date: Not signed. Not dated.
Credit: Gift of Anthony Odillo Maher 1998
Location: Not on display
Accession number: 10.1998
Copyright: Reproduction requests
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Wares decorated in underglaze iron black represent a large class of trade ceramics produced in numerous kilns around the Hanoi region from the 1300s to 1500s. Wide-mouthed bowls are the early dominant export type, as evidenced by the discovery of similar pieces in Sulawesi. The decoration on the plate typically comprises a running scroll around the rim and a single full petalled flower (perhaps a chrysanthemum) in the centre, all summarily drawn in underglaze iron black. Pieces such as these bear comparison with contemporary Thai ceramics and there must have been some kind of relationship between the two countries. The use of a brown wash on the unglazed base is a feature unique to Vietnamese ceramics.

The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.301.

Places

Where the work was made

Hanoi

Exhibition history

Shown in 2 exhibitions

South-East Asian and Chinese Trade Pottery, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 27 Feb 1979–02 Apr 1979
Important Annamese Ceramics: The Mr and Mrs Robert P. Piccus Collection, Christie's London, London, 07 Dec 1984–07 Dec 1984

Bibliography

Referenced in 3 publications

Roxanna M Brown and Adrian Joseph (Editors), South-East Asian and Chinese Trade Pottery, Hong Kong, 1979, 178-9 (illus.).
Christie's London, Important Annamese Ceramics. The Mr and Mrs Robert P. Piccus Collection, London, 07 Dec 1984, 38 (illus.). lot 40.
Jackie Menzies (Editor), The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2003, 301 (colour illus.).

Provenance

Mr and Mrs Robert P. Piccus Collection, pre 1984, England

Christie's London, 1984, London/England, 'Important Annamese Ceramics: The Mr and Mrs Robert P. Piccus Collection', 7 December 1984, lot 40.

Spink and Son, post 1984, Sydney/New South Wales/Australia, purchased from Christie's auction in London.

Anthony Odillo Maher, pre 1998, Leura/New South Wales/Australia, purchased by Maher from Spink and Son. Donated to the Art Gallery of New South Wales, February 1998.