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Medium:
Earthenware with traces of white slip and red pigment, perhaps unintentionally blackened during firing
Dimensions:
H x Diam (overall): 15 x 17.5 cm (5 7/8 x 6 7/8 in)
Culture:
Ban Chiang culture, 4400-200 BCE  Search this
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Northeast Thailand
Date:
3600-1000 BCE
Period:
Ban Chiang culture, early period, phase 4–5
Description:
Globular earthenware vessel with everted rim. Texture impressed on body in diagonal pattern, using cord-wrapped paddle. Horizontal incised design on neck filed with white slip and red pigment.
Provenance:
From circa 1967-1973 to 2004
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge [1]
From 2004
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge in 2004 [2]
Notes:
[1] Object file.
Objects collected at this time by the Hauges largely came from dealers in Ayutthaya and Bangkok.
[2] Ownership of collected objects sometimes changed between the Hauge families.
Collection:
National Museum of Asian Art Collection
Previous custodian or owner:
Victor and Takako Hauge ((1919-2013) and (1923-2015))
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
Ban Chiang culture (ca. 4400 BCE - 200 CE)  Search this
Ban Chiang ware  Search this
Thailand  Search this
earthenware  Search this
white slip  Search this
Southeast Asian Art  Search this
Hauge collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Victor and Takako Hauge
Accession Number:
S2004.13
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia
Google Cultural Institute
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/ye338b50188-9242-4668-bbdc-e47cebeaaa16
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_S2004.13