H x Diam (overall): 3.7 x 13.8 cm (1 7/16 x 5 7/16 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
Red River Delta kilns, Hai Duong province, Northern Vietnam
Date:
14th century
Period:
Tran dynasty
Description:
Shallow bowl with upright rim, carved footring. Five spur marks on interior bottom.
Clay: buff grey stoneware.
Glaze: clear, transparent, finely crazed.
Decoration: painted with underglaze iron floral design enclosed by a circle on central medallion, three concentric circles below rim.
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)
