A spotted celadon ewer and lid

Tran dynasty, 13th/14th century

Tran dynasty, 13th/14th century
Of compressed ovoid form with a short spout and a striated strap handle on the shoulder separated by four leaf shaped loops, the walls also incised with string bands visible beneath the pale olive-green glaze marked with iron brown dots of irregular shape, the wide foot and shallow base unglazed; the lid with faceted walls similarly glazed and fitting over the short neck of the ewer.
7 1/4in (18.5cm) height of ewer
7 7/8in (20cm) height with lid

For ewers of similar form with four leaf-shaped loops on the shoulder, see John Stevenson and John Guy, Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition, 1997, p. 237, nos. 117 and 118 (as 13th/14th century). for an alms bowl and a beaker with the same spotted glaze, dated to the 13th/14th century, see Philippe Truong, The Elephant and the Lotus: Vietnamese Ceramics in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, New York, 2007, pp. 83-84, nos. 50 and 51. The spotted glaze may have been inspired by the many Longquan vessels exported to Southeast Asia during the Yuan dynasty: see the Southeast Asian Ceramic Society, Singapore, Chinese Celadons and Other Related Wares in Southeast Asia, 1979, pp. 190-195, no. 152 and nos. 154-157 (all as 14th century).