AN ANNAMESE POLYCHROME 'BIRDS AND BUTTERFLY' DISH, VIETNAM, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
The shallow rounded sides rising from a short foot to an everted lipped rim. Freely and deftly painted, the central panel decorated with two sparrows perched on a flowering peony branch as a butterfly hums nearby, encircled by floral sprays within foliate cartouches against a ruyi and wave ground below a geometric border to the rim, the exterior sides with a lappet border, the unglazed base covered with a reddish-brown wash.


Provenance:
Blitz Oriental Art, Amsterdam. A private collection in New York, USA, acquired from the above. The base with an old label, ‘Blitz Oriental Art Amsterdam.’ Blitz Oriental Art was founded in 1978 by Dries and Diana Blitz in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Since its establishment, the business has sold many fine objects to collectors and museums worldwide. They are renowned for their early Chinese ceramics and works of art. Today, pieces bought from Blitz can be found in the British Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Palace Museum, Taipei, Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Harvard University Art Museums, among others.

Condition:
Very good condition with minor wear and firing flaws, few microscopic chips. The glaze with crackling overall, inherent to manufacturing, some of which has expanded into superficial glaze lines.

Weight: 1,764 g
Dimensions: Diameter 34 cm


Literature comparison:

Compare a closely related Annamese dish, dated to the 16th century, in the Brooklyn Museum, accession number 2021.17.1. For a related dish in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, see J. Guy, Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition, New York, 1997, p. 314-315, nos. 251 and 252. See also another bird dish of the same size with the addition of underglaze blue outlines to some of the decoration that sold at Christie's London, 7 December 1984, Important Annamese Ceramics: The Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Piccus Collection, lot 106.


Auction result comparison:

Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 23 March 2010, lot 277
Price: USD 6,875 or approx.
EUR 8,900
converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: An overglazed enameled ceramic dish, Vietnam, Annamese, 15th/16th century
Expert remark: Note the size (41.8 cm).


Auction result comparison:

Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 23 November - 7 December 2021, lot 3327
Price: HKD 75,000 or approx.
EUR 9,200
converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A large and rare Annamese polychrome ‘lotus’ dish, 15th-16th century
Expert remark: Note the size (34.5 cm).




越南十五至十六世紀安南折沿開光花鳥盤

大盤折沿，弧腹，圈足。盤中央開光描繪牡丹花枝頭棲息的兩隻麻雀，一隻蝴蝶在附近飛舞，周圍環繞著纏枝花卉。内壁波浪紋地如意開光。底座無釉。


來源：
阿姆斯特丹Blitz Oriental Art東方藝術藝廊；美國紐約私人收藏購於上述美術館。底部有一個舊標籤，可見 ‘Blitz Oriental Art Amsterdam’ 字樣。Dries 和 Diana Blitz 1978 年在荷蘭阿姆斯特丹創立Blitz Oriental Art 藝廊。自成立以來，該公司已向世界各地的收藏家和博物館出售了許多精美的藝術品。藝廊以早期的中國陶瓷和藝術品而聞名。如今，從 Blitz 購買的藝術品可以在大英博物館、大都會藝術博物館、台北國立故宮博物院、維多利亞和阿爾伯特博物館以及哈佛大學藝術博物館等地找到。

品相：
狀況非常好，有輕微磨損、燒製缺陷和微小碎片。釉面整體有裂紋，這是製造過程中所固有的，其中一些已擴展為表面釉線。

重量：1,764 克
尺寸：直徑 34 厘米


文獻比較：


比較一件非常相近的十六世紀安南盤，收藏於布魯克林博物館，館藏編號2021.17.1。一件相近的安南盤收藏於大都會藝術博物館，見J. Guy，《Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition》，紐約，1997年，頁314-315，圖251和252。見另一個相同尺寸鳥紋安南盤，售於倫敦佳士得，1984年12月7日，《Important Annamese Ceramics: The Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Piccus Collection》，lot 106。


拍賣結果比較：


形制：非常相近
拍賣：紐約佳士得，2010年3月23日，lot 277
價格：USD 6,875（相當於今日
EUR 8,900
）
描述：十五至十六世紀安南陶盤
專家評論：請注意尺寸 (41.8 釐米)。


拍賣結果比較：


形制：非常相近
拍賣：香港佳士得，2021年11月23日- 12月7日，lot 3327
價格：HKD 75,000（相當於今日
EUR 9,200
）
描述：十五/十六世紀安南彩繪蓮花紋大盤
專家評論：請注意尺寸 (34.5 釐米)。