A rare Vietnamese 'fish' water dropper, 15th century

The finely potted water dropper in the form of a fish, likely a puffer fish, decorated to the exterior in underglaze blue with small opening at the top and at the mouth of the fish

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Dimensions: 8cm wide

Treasures From The Hoi An Hoard, Important Vietnamese Ceramics from a late 15th/early 16th century Cargo. Butterfield`s, 11th - 13th October 2000 [label];

Santos Collection

Please find several housed in instutions including, one in the Art Institute of Chicago, accession no.2006.5; another housed in the Portland Art Museum, accession no. 2016.123.1

Please refer to Treasures From The Hoi An Hoard, Important Vietnamese Ceramics from a late 15th/early 16th century Cargo. Butterfield`s, 11th - 13th October 2000