{"product_id":"vietnamese-black-white-birds-in-flight-vase-trade","title":"Vietnamese Black \u0026 White Birds in Flight Vase (Trade)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome pieces earn a second look the moment you notice the detail packed into a small space. At a glance it's a compact black-and-white vase; up close, two birds sweep across the shoulder over stylized rockwork, a column of brushed script runs down one side like a fragment of a poem, and a band of mountain peaks circles the neck. A skirt of short vertical strokes rings the base just above an unglazed, warm reddish footring, the kind of honest, unpolished detail that tells you a human hand turned this on a wheel. The iron-black underglaze painting is the older, less common cousin of Vietnam's better-known cobalt blue-and-white export ware, a decorative tradition of its own with roots in the Tran dynasty kilns north of Hanoi. \u003cbr\u003eOn a shelf or console today, its baluster shape and graphic black-on-white contrast read as confidently modern as they do historic, equally at home alone or grouped with a few other small vessels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpecifications\u003cbr\u003e*Era: Vintage\u003cbr\u003e*Origin: Vietnam, Annamese ware.\u003cbr\u003e*Material: Ceramic (stoneware body) with hand-painted iron-black underglaze decoration\u003cbr\u003e*Size: 4\"(Diameter) x 8\"(H)\u003cbr\u003e*Color: Black underglaze decoration on a white\/cream ground, unglazed reddish-brown footring\u003cbr\u003e*Condition: Wear consistent with age \u0026amp; use, blemishes and imperfections will be present. These are not to be considered defects but rather part of its character \u0026amp; historical value. Fine surface craquelure typical of the glaze type; no losses visible in photos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA small Vietnamese Annamese vase hand-painted in iron-black underglaze with birds in flight, mountain and rockwork motifs, and a column of script, a rarer black-and-white counterpart to Vietnam's better-known blue-and-white export ceramics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQ\u0026amp;A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow was a piece like this made? \u003c\/strong\u003eIt was thrown on a wheel, then hand-painted with an iron-oxide pigment under the glaze before firing, a technique that predates and runs alongside Vietnam's more famous cobalt blue-and-white wares.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere does it work best in a room?\u003c\/strong\u003e Small enough to hold its own on a floating shelf or console, but it also settles naturally into a cluster of two or three other small vessels, where the black-on-white graphic quality reads well against warmer neutral tones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e**Please bear in mind that colors of products shown may vary slightly from their original color due to monitor display settings or photography studio\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DE-COR | Globally Inspired","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50669715521773,"sku":"IMG_7819","price":445.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0288\/5256\/files\/IMG_7819_73389684-055c-4ac2-ac66-bff04a1e3159.jpg?v=1789156430","url":"https:\/\/de-cor.com\/products\/vietnamese-black-white-birds-in-flight-vase-trade","provider":"DE-COR | Globally Inspired","version":"1.0","type":"link"}