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Medium:
Stoneware with iron glaze
Dimensions:
H x Diam (overall): 55.8 x 35.8 cm (21 15/16 x 14 1/8 in)
Style:
Quang Duc ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Phu Yen province, Coastal, Central Vietnam
Date:
18th-mid 20th century
Period:
Restored Later Le, Tay Son, or Nguyen dynasty
Description:
Jar of ovoid form with broad shoulder tapered towards foot and flat base, tall neck with out-rolled rim, eight grooved lugs with pressed ends on shoulder.
Clay: dark brown stoneware.
Glaze: iron brown with silvery luster, glossy, opaque, pinholes in glaze surface; unglazed interior.
Decoration: seashell scars all over the jar except interior.
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
Victor and Takako Hauge
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
Vietnam  Search this
Nguyen dynasty (1802 - 1945)  Search this
Tay Son dynasty (1778 - 1802)  Search this
stoneware  Search this
brown and black glaze  Search this
Southeast Asian Art  Search this
Hauge collection  Search this
Restored Later Le dynasty (1533 - 1782)  Search this
Quang Duc ware  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge
Accession Number:
S2005.173
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/ye3872eb5f2-acfd-41c4-91fa-7883b054ab97
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_S2005.173