Annamese Blue and White Altar Vessel with Dragon Relief

An Annamese blue and white altar vessel, 16th/17th century of…
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An Annamese blue and white altar vessel, 16th/17th century of stoutly potted baluster form encircled around the widest part with an unglazed dragon in high relief, and painted with a flaming pearl, clouds and flames above a band of upright lappets rising from the high stepped foot encircled with a foliate scroll, the shoulders with an unglazed band of ruyi heads in relief around a raised collar below the narrow tapering mouth, traces of brown pigment, incised with a four character inscription on the shoulders 39.5 cm. Other Notes: See the pair to this altar vessel, from the collection of Mr and Mrs Barry Hitchcock, in Roxanna brown, the Ceramics of south-East Asia, Oxford University press, Oxford, 1988, plate18a

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  • Incised - A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.
  • Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.

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