Three Island Polychrome Plate
Le-So Dynasties 15th - 16th c., AD. Vietnam
Diameter: 28.5 cm
A large porcelaineous stoneware plate with barbed rim. The interior is decorated with an underglaze cobalt blue depictions of three rocky islands with trees set in a sea with a moon in the sky above. There are highlights of original red, green and gold overglaze enamels, and a slight reddish wash over the center where other red highlights have washed out during sea burial. There is a narrow band of petals surrounding the center and a wider band of ruyi petals around the interior cavetto, also with original red and green highlights. A narrow band of stylized cloud motifs decorates the flattened rim below its beaded edge. The underside cavetto is decorated with a similar large band of ruyi petals, with a characteristic brown wash covering the underside of the rounded foot ring.
Condition: No structural damage, but loss of overglaze sheen from water burial. Loss to some of the overglaze enamels.
Provenance:
Ken Baar Collection, UK
Alberts Langdon, Boston
Stephen Kunian Collection, Boston