Vietnam. The baluster body rising to a short neck, the exterior painted with a band of scrolling vines and stylized flowers between a band of lappets above the base and a band of overlapping lotus leaves at the shoulder, covered overall in a finely crackled transparent glaze.Provenance: Collection of Dr. Ernst Gr??terich, Gelsenkirchen, and thence by descent in the same family. German private collection, acquired from the above. Dr. Ernst Gr??terich (1926-2017) was a German ophthalmologist and collector of Asian art, building a large collection over many decades. Parts of his collection have been exhibited at the Museum of East Asian Art in Cologne. Old collector's label 'Gr??terich, Gelsenkirchen' to base.Condition: Good condition with minor wear, intentional crackling, firing irregularities, firing cracks, small glaze recesses, minuscule nibbling here and there.Weight: 1,124 gDimensions: Height 16 cmThe technique of manufacture, shape of the jar, and general composition of design are clearly based on blue-and-white prototypes of the early Ming dynasty (1368–1644), but the whimsical design is uniquely the product of Vietnamese artistic sensibilities.The origins of blue-and-white ware in Vietnam remain obscure; however, the addition of this type of ceramic to the repertory is often linked to the brief Chinese occupation of the early fifteenth century. Vietnamese potters, who continued fourteenth-century Chinese styles well into the sixteenth century, often competed for markets, particularly those in Southeast Asia, with the kilns at Jingdezhen.Literature comparison: Two related dishes, one from the 15th century and the other dated from the 15th to the 16th century, are in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession numbers 1998.213 and 1989.157.越南十五世紀青花花卉紋罐越南。器型飽滿,罐直口、短頸、鼓腹,胎體厚重。外壁芭蕉葉紋及纏枝紋,整體上覆透明釉。來源:德國Gelsenkirchen 的Ernst Gr??terich博士收藏,自此在同一家族中世代相傳。 德國私人收藏,從上述收藏獲得的。 Ernst Gr??terich博士(1926-2017)是德國眼科醫生和亞洲藝術品收藏家,數十年來積累了大量收藏。 他的部分藏品已在科隆的東亞藝術博物館展出。底足上可見老收藏家標籤“Gr??terich,Gelsenkirchen”。品相:狀況良好,有輕微磨損,釉面開片,燒製不規則,燒製裂紋,釉面小凹痕,大面積小磕損。重量: 1,124 克尺寸:高16 厘米