H x Diam (overall): 9.7 x 14.2 cm (3 13/16 x 5 9/16 in)
Style:
Muang Phet ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Muang Phet kilns, Phetchaburi province, Thailand
Date:
19th-mid 20th century
Period:
Bangkok period
Description:
Small, rounded-bottom vessel with everted rim. Paddle-stamped patterns on surface--diamond lattice on wall, "comb"-shaped sets of parallel straight lines on base. Hand-formed, using a wooden paddle carved with two patterns and an anvil. White accretions (lime?) on interior and exterior, with traces of bronze corrosion in the lime.
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
Previous custodian or owner:
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge ((1914-2004) and (1907-2000))
