H x Diam (overall): 62.5 x 45.5 cm (24 5/8 x 17 15/16 in)
Style:
Maenam Noi ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Maenam Noi kilns, Singburi province, Central Thailand
Date:
15th-17th century
Period:
Ayutthaya period
Description:
Storage jar of elongated ovoid form with tall neck, flared mouth with a groove on rounded rim, flat base. Four horizontal lugs on shoulder.
Clay: grey stoneware, oxidized to brown.
Glaze: brown, low gloss, translucent to opaque; falls short of lower body; foot, base, neck, mouth and interior (except the bottom) unglazed.
Decoration: incised bands below neck.
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 (1919-2013) and Takako (1923-2015) Hauge
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge ((1914-2004) and (1907-2000))