PROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERS A STRAW-GLAZED EARTHENWARE BOTTLE VASEVietnam, Giao Chi Period, 1st-3rd century The globular body rising from a tall, domed foot to a conical neck and narrow, upright mouth, the shoulder set with a pair of loop handles, the body and foot incised with recessed bands, covered overall in a straw glaze darkening slightly toward the foot from firing. 9 1/2in (24cm) high Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. Provenance: Jochen May Collection, Germany Christie's, Paris, 19 November 2003, lot 309 John R. Menke Collection On loan to the Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, New York, 2011—2018 Published: Jochen May and Stefan Graf von der Schulenburg, Die Nachbarn im Süd: Frühe Keramik und Bronze aus Vietnam , Frankfurt, 1998, pl.51 or 52. Eric Zetterquist, Chinese and Vietnamese Ceramics with Highlights from the John R. Menke Collection , Zetterquist Galleries, New York, 2019, no.13. Exhibited: Die Nachbarn im Süd, Frühe Keramik und Bronze aus Vietnam , Museum für Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt, 6 December 1998 - 28 February 1999.