Medium:

Earthenware

Dimensions:

H x Diam (overall): 28.4 x 27.8 cm (11 3/16 x 10 15/16 in)

Culture:

Ban Chiang culture, 4400-200 BCE  Search this

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Northeast Thailand

Date:

1000-500 BCE

Period:

Possibly Ban Chiang Middle period

Description:

Globular vessel with rounded base, tall neck, everted rim, cord-impressed design from neck to base. Shaped with fine cord-wrapped paddle, which left marks over the body. Round hole intentionally made at midpoint of wall.

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

Exhibition History:

Prehistoric Spirals: Earthenwares from Thailand (December 4, 2021 - ongoing)

Previous custodian or owner:

Victor and Takako Hauge

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

Southeast Asian Art  Search this

Hauge collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Victor and Takako Hauge

Accession Number:

S2004.50

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

On View:

East Building (Arthur M. Sackler Gallery), Gallery 29: Prehistoric Spirals: Earthenwares from Thailand

Related Online Resources:

Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia

Google Arts & Culture

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/ye3ee80f987-02f5-4998-af51-db1b596d9782

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_S2004.50