H x Diam (overall): 60.5 x 45.5 cm (23 13/16 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:
Jar of ovoid form with tall neck, rounded mouthrim and flat base; four horizontal lugs on shoulder.
Clay: brown stoneware.
Glaze: dark olive green, low gloss, translucent; falls short of lower body.
Decoration: combed bands on upper shoulder.
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 ((1914-2004) and (1907-2000))