Title
Ewer with beast spout
Year/Period
1000–1239
Region
Vietnam
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Object size: 19.8 x 19.5 x 19.2 cm
Accession No.
2019-00582
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Joe Grimberg and Rosalind Shellim in memory of Aaron Brooke David
This barrel-shaped stoneware ewer comes from the Thanh Hoa region in northern Vietnam. It has a wide mouth rim, below which, it is decorated with a band of carved lotus petals. Its spout is modelled in the form of a beast of some kind and the handle is molded in the shape of a parrot. The ewer is covered in a crackled ivory coloured translucent glaze. The form of the body tapers down to a foot rim and flat underfoot, which is unglazed and reveals a pale stoneware body underneath.By the early 11th century, the Vietnamese Ly dynasty (1009-1225 A.D), came to power, freeing itself of Chinese domination and the arts of this period took on a more local character.
