Trần Dynasty Dish with Fish Design in Underglaze Iron
A dish crafted during the Trần dynasty in Đại Việt (current northern Vietnam). A fish design is painted on the white-slipped body, with three rings around the rim. The glaze surface is covered by delicate crazing, and the rim is unglazed because it was fired upside down. The fish design was appeared in underglaze iron decoration during the Trần dynasty and it was applied to the blue and white in the Lê dynasty.
This type was also excavated from an ancient tomb in Tak Province, near the Myanmar border in northern Thailand. It suggests a connection to the Sukhothai and Sawankhalok wares, which produced extensive use of fish motifs in the same period. This dynamic depiction captures an energetic movement as if the fish is about to leap. This piece is an excellent example of the Vietnamese early export of ceramics supported by the fertile Red River.
A similar example appears in the catalogue ‘Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition (1997).’ Besides kiln scratches, there are no noticeable defects, and the condition is good.
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