Bowl
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Period
16th century -
Geography
Hai Duong province, Red River delta, Vietnam -
Material
Stoneware with white slip and cobalt pigment under clear glaze -
Dimension
H x W x D: 4.5 x 7.9 x 7.9 cm (1 3/4 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in) -
Accession Number
F1989.30 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1989.30
Object Details
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Description
Low bowl with inverted plain rim, rounded sides, and flat base.Clay: light gray, fine-grained.Glaze: clear, lustrous, over white slip inside and out; slip and glaze pared away above base; base unglazed.Decoration: in underglaze cobalt in graded shades, pale to dark. Outside, double lines, very faint, below rim and above base enclosing vinescrolls with four four-petal full-face blossoms. Inside, small abstract floral spray in bottom.Mark: none. -
Provenance
From 1958Dean Frasché, collected in 1958 from East Djakarta, Indonesia. [1]To 1989Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Dean Frasché, Greenwich, Connecticut. [2]Notes:[1] Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.[2] See note 1.Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management Office. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Previous custodian or owner
Dean Frasché (1906-1994) -
Origin
Hai Duong province, Red River delta, Vietnam -
Credit Line
Gift of Dean Frasché -
Type
Vessel -
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