An Asian Duck Vase

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Something simple and almost folksy. A charming vessel depicting a duck or perhaps two ducks with the heads and tails forming handles. there was probably a missing lid ? This is probably Vietnamese but the source date was sparse on details. Enjoy!

Vietnamese Duck

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IN keeping with this years BIRD theme and taking a break from roosters lets look at Ducks for a change and not just the well known theme of a pair of mandarin ducks so popular in painting.

The attention given to Chinese and Japanese ceramics tends to lead to the elegant simplicity and strength of Vietnamese ceramics being overlooked. Like this LE Dynasty duck figurine /vessel.

It was probably used as brush washer.

Whatever cobalt pigment the Vietnamese potteries had access to wasn't as pure and bright as Chinese pigments and perhaps had iron mixed in but I rather like their indigo blues.

Form and intended function work together and it has charm without being kitsch or folksy.