Gustave Hierholtz (1877-1954), Buste du Mandarin King-Loi, roi du Tonkin

Gustave Hierholtz (1877-1954), Buste du Mandarin King-Loi, roi du Tonkin. Bronze. H: 66 cm, L: 50 cm, P: 29 cm; Paris, musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, 75.15522.3. Photo (C) musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Léo Delafontaine

Gustave Hierholtz (1877-1954), Buste du Mandarin King-Loi, roi du Tonkin. Bronze. H: 66 cm, L: 50 cm, P: 29 cm; Paris, musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, 75.15522.3. Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac) / Gérard Blot

Buste à la française sur socle du Mandarin King-Loi, roi du Tonkin. Inscription : caractères chinois sur la base de face.

 

Gustave Hierholtz (1877-1954), Buste de Bao Dai (1913-1997)

Gustave Hierholtz (1877-1954), Buste de Bao Dai (1913-1997). Bronze. Paris, musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, 75.2005.0.792. Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac) / Daniel Arnaudet

Serving Dish, Bottle-shaped Vase, Bowl & Parrot Bowl, Vietnam, Lê dynasty (1428-1788)

Serving Dish, Vietnam, Lê dynasty (1428-1788), Late 15th-early 16th century. Porcelaneous stoneware with underglaze cobalt blue,  5.4 x 24.1cm (2 1/8 x 9 1/2in.). Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, B.A. 1966, 2001.137.6. Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery.

Bottle-shaped Vase (Yuhuchun), Vietnam, Lê dynasty (1428-1788), late 15th-early 16th century. Porcelaneous stoneware with underglaze cobalt blue, 29.4cm (11 9/16in.). Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, B.A. 1966, 2001.137.1. Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery.

Bowl, Vietnam, Lê dynasty (1428-1788), late 15th-early 16th century. Porcelaneous stoneware with underglaze cobalt blue,  9.1 x 15cm (3 9/16 x 5 7/8in.). Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, B.A. 1966, 2001.137.8. Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery.

Parrot Bowl, Vietnam, Lê dynasty (1428-1788), late 15th-early 16th century. Porcelaneous stoneware with underglaze cobalt blue, 8.7cm (3 7/16in.). Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, B.A. 1966, 2001.137.10. Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery.

Dish with a Landscape Design, Vietnam, Lê dynasty (1428-1788), late 15th – early 16th century

Dish with a Landscape Design, Vietnam, Lê dynasty (1428-1788), late 15th – early 16th century. Porcelaneous stoneware with underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze enamels, 35.6cm (14in.). Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss, B.S. 1940S, 1999.9.3. Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery

Bibliography: John Stevenson and John Guy, Vietnamese Ceramics: A Separate Tradition (Chicago: Art Media Resources, Ltd., 1997), 309, pl. 245.

Water Dropper in the Shape of a Puffer Fish, Vietnam, Lê dynasty (1428–1788), late 15th–early 16th century

Water Dropper in the Shape of a Puffer Fish, Vietnam, Lê dynasty (1428–1788), late 15th–early 16th century. Porcelaneous stoneware with underglaze cobalt blue, 5.3 x 7.9 cm (2 1/16 x 3 1/8 in.). Gift of Mary and Cheney Cowles, B.A. 1966, 2001.137.11. Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery

The late fifteenth through early sixteenth century was a golden age for Vietnamese ceramics. The Chinese government had put prohibitions on the export of Chinese ceramics, and the Vietnamese moved quickly to fill the void in the market. The extent of this trade has become more and more apparent with the accidental discovery of shipwrecks, such as the fully loaded ship discovered off Hoi An on Cu Lao Cham Island in 1993–94. The scientific excavation of the wreck took place in three campaigns between 1997 and 1999, and the Vietnamese government authorized the sale of a portion of the ceramics recovered from the site in 2000. This water dropper comes from the Hoi An shipwreck. It shows the approach of Vietnamese potters to decoration in underglaze blue.

Dish, Vietnam, Lê Dynasty (1428 – 1788), 15th – 16th Century

Dish, Vietnam, Lê Dynasty (1428 – 1788), 15th – 16th Century. Stoneware painted in underglaze blue, 36.2 cm (14 1/4 in.) 7.62 x 36.2 cm (3 x 14 1/4 in.). Gift of Ann and Gilbert H. Kinney, B.A. 1953, M.A. 1954, 1999.133.4. Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery

Ewer, Vietnam, 13th–14th century

Ewer, Vietnam, 13th–14th century. Stoneware with clear glaze over white slip, 19.69 x 19.05 cm (7 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.). Gift of Michael de Havenon, B.A. 1962, and Georgia de Havenon, 2017.53.6a-b. Photo credit: Yale University Art Gallery