H x W x D: 2.9 x 3.6 x 3.6 cm (1 1/8 x 1 7/16 x 1 7/16 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Red River Delta kilns, Hai Duong province, Vietnam
Date:
15th-16th century
Period:
Later Le, Mac, or Restored Later Le dynasty
Description:
Jar with low neck, high shoulders, tapering body, and flat base.
Clay: pale gray, fine-grained.
Glaze: clear, translucent, matte, finely abraded over entire surface, ending irregularly above base; interior and base unglazed.
Decoration: in underglaze cobalt. Single line around neck; around base of neck, collar of round forms with pointed projections; double line around shoulder; broad panel of finely-drawn leaf sprays alternating with three four-petal full-face flowers; double line above base.
Mark: none.
Provenance:
From 1958
Dean Frasché, collected in 1958 from Djakarta, Indonesia. [1]
To 1989
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Dean Frasché, Greenwich, Connecticut. [2]
Notes:
[1] Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.
[2] See note 1.
Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management Office.
