H x Diam (overall): 69.7 x 49 cm (27 7/16 x 19 5/16 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Middle Mekong River network, Probably Southern Laos
Date:
17th-19th century
Period:
Lan Sang period or Champassak period
Description:
Heavily potted jar with ovoid body, short neck, everted mouth, flat base and two nubs below neck at opposite sides.
Clay: brown stoneware.
Glaze: blackish brown, mottled, glossy, opaque; falls short of foot, base and interior unglazed.
Decoration: three raised bands round the shoulder as well as the lower body.
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:
Taking Shape: Ceramics in Southeast Asia (April 1, 2007 to December 4, 2011)
Previous custodian or owner:
Victor and Takako Hauge ((1919-2013) and (1923-2015))
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge ((1914-2004) and (1907-2000))
