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Catalog Data

Medium:
Unglazed stoneware
Dimensions:
H x Diam (overall): 27.8 x 25 cm (10 15/16 x 9 13/16 in)
Style:
Sisattanak ware
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Sisattanak kilns, Viang Chan (Vientiane), Viang Chan (Vientiane) province, Middle Mekong River network, Laos
Date:
16th-19th century
Period:
Lan Sang period or Viang Chan period
Description:
Liquor jar (hai lao) of globular form with tall bowl-shaped neck, flared rim, flat base with parallel grooves left by using cord to separate the jar from a static potting surface. Two U-shaped lugs luted on shoulder.
Clay: light grey stoneware, blacked by reduction firing.
Glaze: none.
Decoration: incised rings on the bottom of the neck.
Provenance:
From at least 1973 to 2005
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge [1]
From 2005
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hauge in 2005 [2]
Notes:
[1] Object file.
Acquired while Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and Gratia Hauge were living in Bangkok (1967-1972 or 1973).
Major sources of acquisitions during this time were dealers in Bangkok, the weekend market in Bangkok, and vendors in Ayutthaya.
[2] Ownership of collected objects sometimes changed between the Hauge families.
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))
Topic:
ceramic  Search this
Sisattanak ware  Search this
Laos  Search this
stoneware  Search this
unglazed  Search this
Southeast Asian Art  Search this
Hauge collection  Search this
Lan Sang period (1271 - 1707)  Search this
Viang Chan (Vientaine) period (1707 - 1893)  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Osborne and Gratia Hauge, and Victor and Takako Hauge
Accession Number:
S2005.328
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia
F|S 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/ye37a52fa7c-0d01-469d-8b61-d61d67c4cde7
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_S2005.328