Jar

Object Details

• Description

  Small jar with flattened sides.

  Clay: light brown stoneware.

  Glaze: translucent, matt surface, large irregular crackle stained red; glaze worn off rim; foot unglazed.

  Decoration: in underglaze cobalt, with some black spotting: single line around base of neck, with lotus-petal collar; body flattened into four wide and four narrow panels, the wide panels with frames enclosing identical plants, the narrow panels enclosing geometric patterns.

• Provenance

  From ca. 1968

  Dorothy M. Slak, acquired ca. 1968 from Jakarta, Indonesia. [1]

  From 1986

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Dorothy M. Slak, Sarasota, Florida. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 5 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

  Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Ms. Dorothy M. Slak

• Origin

  Chu Dau kilns or Ngoi kilns, Hai Duong province, Red River delta, Vietnam

• Credit Line

  Gift of Dorothy M. Slak

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

  Usage Conditions Apply

  There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page.

  The information presented on this website may be revised and updated at any time as ongoing research progresses or as otherwise warranted. Pending any such revisions and updates, information on this site may be incomplete or inaccurate or may contain typographical errors. Neither the Smithsonian nor its regents, officers, employees, or agents make any representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the information on the site. Use this site and the information provided on it subject to your own judgment. The National Museum of Asian Art welcomes information that would augment or clarify the ownership history of objects in their collections.

Keep Exploring

• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1500s, 1400s

• Name

  Slak, Dorothy M.

• Place

  Hai Duong province, Vietnam, Red River delta, Chu Dau kilns, Ngoi kilns

• Topic

  Cobalt pigment, Art, Later Le dynasty (1428 - 1527), Stoneware, Southeast Asian Art, Ceramics, Plants, Mac dynasty (1527 - 1592)

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)