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Dish Noi phu thi doai
Vietnamese
Le-Trinh period, Trinh Sam government
1767–82
Object Place: China
Medium/Technique
Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blue decoration, inscription noi phu thi doai
Dimensions
Overall: 14.5 x 3.4 cm (5 11/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John D. Constable
Accession Number2007.402
CollectionsAsia
Catalogue Raisonné
Truong, Philippe, The Elephant and the Lotus: Vietnamese Ceramics in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2007 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Cat. 197
InscriptionsOn base, molded in relief, "noi phu thi doai," the mark of the interior residence of the Western Palace. The piece was made for the favorite concubine of Trinh Sam (r. 1767-1782).
ProvenanceBy 1948, Ngo Quynh Dieu, Ris-Orangis, Essonne, France; by inheritance to her daughter, Mrs. Nguyen Anh, Hochiminhville, Vietnam [see note 1]; by 1999, given by Mrs. Anh to John Davidson Constable (b. 1927- d. 2016), Sherborn, MA; 2007, gift of John Davidson Constable to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 27, 2007)
NOTES:
[1] At her death Mrs. Ngo Quynh Dieu left her collection of Vietnamese ceramics to her daughter in Vietnam, Mrs. Ahn. Until Mrs. Anh gave part of the collection to John Constable, some pieces remained in the care of Mr. Michelle Becker of Sevres, France.
NOTES:
[1] At her death Mrs. Ngo Quynh Dieu left her collection of Vietnamese ceramics to her daughter in Vietnam, Mrs. Ahn. Until Mrs. Anh gave part of the collection to John Constable, some pieces remained in the care of Mr. Michelle Becker of Sevres, France.