An unglazed stoneware storage jar and lid

Ly-Tran dynasties, 12th-14th century

Ly-Tran dynasties, 12th-14th century
The ovoid jar formed with a concave collar, with lotus petal bands and roller marks impressed on the walls above a saw-town line of sculpted petals that encircle the tall foot ring with pierced details, the collar covered by the domed lid impressed with the same lotus petal and roller bands surrounding a waisted circular finial.
7 1/8in (18cm) height overall

Published
James H. Brow and Anh Hoang Brow, 'Vietnamese Ceramics: A Ten Thousand Year Continuum,' Arts of Asia, March-April 2004, p. 82, no. 5.

For a jar with a similar concave collar, impressed lotus leaf band and roller marks on the body but supported on a solid foot ring, see John Stevenson and John Guy, Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition, 1997, p. 217, no. 84.