H x Diam (overall): 4.7 x 5 cm (1 7/8 x 1 15/16 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
possibly Red River Delta kilns, Vietnam or China
Date:
15th-16th century
Period:
Later Le to Restored Later Le, or Ming dynasty
Description:
Small jar with flat base, rounded shoulder, short upright neck. Wheel thrown. Unglazed.
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.
