H x W x D (Overall): 30.5 x 19.5 x 19.6 cm (12 x 7 11/16 x 7 11/16 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Cambodia or Northeast Thailand
Date:
12th-15th century
Period:
Angkor period or later
Description:
Vessel in form of two human figures, seated back-to-back, holding lotus blossoms (one of which is a spout).
Provenance:
?-2005
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne (1914-2004) and Gratia Hauge (d. 2000) [1]
From 2005
The National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, by gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge [2]
Notes:
[1] The Hauge family began collecting Asian paintings, sculpture, and ceramics in the late 1940s and would amass a large collection in the post-World War II years.
[2] Ownership of collected objects sometimes changed between members of the Hauge families. See Deed of Gift, dated October 16, 2005, copy in object file. From 2005-2023 the work was part of the National Museum of Asian Art’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection and on March 21, 2023, the work was internally transferred to the National Museum of Asian Art Collection.
Collection:
National Museum of Asian Art Collection
Exhibition History:
The Glazed Elephant: Traditions in Cambodia (April 15, 2017 to July 17, 2018)
Asian Traditions in Clay: The Hauge Gifts (October 29, 2000 to April 22, 2001)
Arts of Cambodia (April 5, 1997 to August 10, 2000)
