Sgraffito Plate
Tran Dynasty 14th c. Vietnam
Diameter: 27 cm
A stoneware plate coated in iron oxide the carved with a large floral depiction in the center, set within three concentric circles and a scalloped pattern around the flattened rim. This sgraffito decoration was then filled in with a slip coating which stands white against a tan and brown background. The underside has been similarly coated with slip and sits on broad, flattened foot rim with shallow underfoot well, which is unglazed and revealing a light buff colored stoneware body.
While bowls incorporating this same decorative technique are well known, this is an unusual, and large example of a plate. One such bowl is published in “Dragons and Lotus Blossoms - Vietnamese Ceramics in the Birmingham Museum of Art” by John Stevenson and Donald Wood. Birmingham Museum of Art, 2011. Cat. 40.
Condition: Some rim fritting and areas of glaze flaking underneath.
Provenance:
Jochen May, Germany
David Menke
Literature:
Published in Hidden Treasures 2000 years of Vietnamese Ceramics by Jochen May. 2000, Pl. 35
