Blue and White Charger with Leaping Deer
Le-So Dynasties, 15th - 16th c. AD, Vietnam
Diameter: 33.4 cm
A large round charger of porcelaineous stoneware with a cobalt blue decoration of a leaping deer amongst three clouds and spiral design. The cloud and spiral motifs are reinterpreted on a surrounding band with just clouds around the interior cavetto. a narrow band of repeating crossed sword designs decorates the flattened rim. The back side has a band of ruyi petals around the side, and characteristic brown wash in the underfoot well. The foot-rim is unglazed, revealing a pale stoneware body.
Condition:
Good condition and glaze sheen. One original iron firing “pop” on the interior. Some reddish burial accretion on surface.
Provenance:
Ken Baar Collection, UK
Alberts Langdon, Boston
Stephen Kunian Collection, Boston