H x W x D: 4.5 x 4.2 x 4.2 cm (1 3/4 x 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Red River Delta kilns, Hai Duong province, Vietnam
Date:
15th century
Period:
Later Le dynasty
Description:
Small jar with everted rim, high shoulder, tapering body, and flat base.
Clay: pale gray, fine grained.
Glaze: clear lustrous, greyish tone, crackled. Interior and base unglazed. Two small oval scars at base where potter's fingers gripped vessel for glazing.
Decoration: none.
Mark: none.
Provenance:
From 1963 to 1989
Dean Frasché, Greenwich, CT, acquired in Kuala Lumpur in 1963 [1]
From 1989
Freer Gallery of Art, given by Dean Frasché in 1989
Notes:
[1] According to Curatorial Note 2 in the object record.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Vietnamese Ceramics from the Red River Delta (July 10, 2005 to November 15, 2009)
