VHM_0058

Descriptive title
Slender ceramic plate
Initial context
Date
c. 16th-17th century
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Description

This chiết yêu or “cinched waist” plate dates to the sixteenth to seventeenth century and is attributed to the Mạc to Revival Lê period, possibly from the Chu Đậu kilns in Hải Dương Province. Like the associated chiết yêu bowl, it is finished in a pale jade green celadon glaze and decorated with hand painted cobalt blue floral motifs. The plate was used by the family of Bùi Thuần (1896-1948), in Trình Phố village, Kiến Xương District, Thái Bình Province. After 1954, when the family's house was requisitioned by the communist government, this plate along with other selected heirlooms were saved by being moved to the Bùi ancestral hall. In 2005, Bùi Chiên, the eldest son of Bùi Thuần, retrieved two chiết yêu bowls and four plates for the family altar in Southern California. This plate and one bowl were later donated by Bùi Đức Uyên to the Vietnamese Heritage Museum for preservation and public display.

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Rights description

Object donated to the Vietnamese Heritage Museum by Bùi Đức Uyên

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