A polychrome 'mythical beast' charger, Vietnam, 17th century | 十七世紀　安南　彩繪瑞獸圖大盤

sturdily potted with rounded sides rising from a straight foot to a gently everted rim, painted overall with underglaze blue and overglaze red and green enamels against a crackle-glazed ground, the interior decorated with two addorsed lions prancing amidst swirling cloud scrolls, all encircled by a wave-patterned band interspersed with quatrefoil cartouches enclosing floral motifs on the cavetto, the exterior with a floral scroll and a lotus lappet band, the base unglazed revealing the stoneware body, Japanese wood box

46.3 cm