Medium:

Stoneware with cobalt pigment under clear glaze

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 4.7 x 6.3 x 6.3 cm (1 7/8 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in)

Type:

Container

Origin:

Red River Delta kilns, Hai Duong province, Vietnam

Date:

late 15th-early 16th century

Period:

Later Le dynasty

Description:

Round box with flattened lid, tapering body, and trimmed inset foot.

Clay: pale gray, fine grained.

Glaze: white, milky opacity, lustrous; thin, greenish, crackled glaze on interior of body and lid.

Decoration: in underglaze cobalt. Triple line defining shoulder of lid and enclosing landscape scene with garden, pavillion, and wooded hills.

Mark: none.

Provenance:

From 1958 to 1989

Dean Frasché, Greenwich, CT, acquired in Jakarta in 1958 [1]

From 1989

Freer Gallery of Art, given by Dean Frasché in 1989

Notes:

[1] According to Curatorial Note 3 in the object record.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History:

Vietnam's Ceramics: Depth and Diversity (July 11, 2015 - July 10, 2016)

Vietnamese Ceramics from the Red River Delta (July 10, 2005 to November 15, 2009)

Previous custodian or owner:

Dean F. Frasche (1906-1994)

Topic:

ceramic  Search this

landscape  Search this

Vietnam  Search this

Later Le dynasty (1428 - 1527)  Search this

Mac dynasty (1527 - 1592)  Search this

stoneware  Search this

Southeast Asian Art  Search this

Restored Later Le dynasty (1533 - 1782)  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Dean Frasché

Accession Number:

F1989.26a-b

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia

Google Cultural Institute

NMAA Southeast Asia

See more items in:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3d4e9bd92-546d-4915-a571-dbc6d118e1eb

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1989.26a-b