H x W x D: 2.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm (1 x 1 3/8 x 1 3/8 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:
Small covered box.
Clay: pale gray stoneware.
Glaze: translucent, whitish.
Decoration: in underglaze cobalt, considerably obscured by glaze: on lid, central motif surrounded by double line and radiating triangular motifs; on base, rising lotus-petal band.
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 2 in the object record.
[2] See note 1.
Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.
