Certificates of Authenticity can be provided upon request for each antique piece available through this site for a small additional cost which will satisfy all insurance requirements. In my opinion, the three pieces in this collection represents a typical display, found throughout southern Indo-China usually mounted on gabled rooftops of Temple complexes and are authentic. Age is estimated at bordering on the early Ming period dating back not less then 700 years and probably beyond one thousand years. The collection is composed of three unsophisticated hollow ceramic or rough porcelain pieces of primitive glazing in keeping with the period. The set features two carp in floral design placed either side of a centre piece.
Condition is damaged.
Predominant colours are cobalt blue and challceny green with white salt glazing in a distinctive aged pattern. The centre piece features a lotus flower occupying central position above a Ming type vase on either side of which are opposing five claw dragons exquisitely worked into the design. These are surmounted by another lotus flower framed into a pond and surmounted again by a cobalt blue orb. The carp are 950mm in height with a width of 500mm and a depth of 300mm. The centre piece is 1100mm in height with a width of 630mm and a depth of 150mm.