H x W x D: 4.2 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm (1 5/8 x 2 9/16 x 2 9/16 in)
Type:
Container
Origin:
Red River Delta kilns, Hai Duong province, Vietnam
Date:
15th-16th century
Period:
Later Le, Mac, or Restored Later Le dynasty
Description:
Covered box with six molded lobes.
Clay: pale gray stoneware.
Glaze: on outside, translucent whitish glaze appearing yellowish over most of the surface; on inside, clear glaze appearing olive green where pooled. Foot unglazed.
Decoration: in underglaze cobalt: in center of lid, eight-petalled flower enclosed by six radiating petal shapes, filled alternately with geometric and floral motifs; outlined lotus-petal band rising from base, tips of petals overlapping seam of base and lid.
Mark: none.
Provenance:
From ca. 1968
Dorothy M. Slak, acquired ca. 1968 from Jakarta, Indonesia. [1]
From 1986
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Dorothy M. Slak, Sarasota, Florida. [2]
Notes:
[1] Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record.
[2] See note 1.
Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.
