Medium:

Stoneware with celadon glaze

Dimensions:

H x W x D (overall): 18.8 x 17.7 x 12.6 cm (7 3/8 x 6 15/16 x 4 15/16 in)

Style:

Sawankhalok ware

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

Ban Pa Yang kilns, Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai province, North-central Thailand

Date:

15th-16th century

Period:

Ayutthaya period

Description:

Hand modelled mythical beast with four legs (feet broken off), curly tail, wide open mouth, accessories on chest and a protuberance on forehead. A crack on neck.

Clay: grey stoneware with black inclusions.

Glaze: celadon, glossy, crazed.

Decoration: none.

Provenance:

1930’s

Brought to the United States for the Pan Pacific Exposition in San Francisco

To 2005

Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge [1]

From 2005

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge in 2005

Notes:

[1] Purchased from Sotheby’s in New York.

Collection:

National Museum of Asian Art Collection

Previous custodian or owner:

Victor and Takako Hauge ((1919-2013) and (1923-2015))

Topic:

ceramic  Search this

mythological animal  Search this

Sawankhalok ware  Search this

green glaze  Search this

Thailand  Search this

Ayutthaya period (1351 - 1767)  Search this

stoneware  Search this

Southeast Asian Art  Search this

Hauge collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge

Accession Number:

S2005.294

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia

F|S Southeast Asia

Google Cultural Institute

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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/ye3f51fde12-1035-4925-8d84-194474360e24

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_S2005.294