Cup

Object Details

• Description

  Small bowl with everted rim on raised everted foot.

  Clay: light grey, gritty.

  Glaze: clear glaze on interior, over white slip; rim unglazed; mottled copper-green glaze on exterior, pooling around foot; visible edge of foot has brownish sheen; base unglazed.

  Decoration: incised under glaze on outside, three sets of multiple lines evenly spaced on body.

  Mark: none.

• Label

  Produced by copper, the fresh green color of the glaze on this cup is a distinctive feature of some northern Vietnamese ceramics. This bright color differs from the soft green of celadon glaze, which is tinted by a small percentage of iron.

• Provenance

  From 1974 to 1989

  Dean Frasché, Greenwich, CT, acquired in Singapore in 1974 [1]

  From 1989

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Dean Frasché in 1989

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Note 10 in the object record.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Vietnam's Ceramics: Depth and Diversity (July 11, 2015 - July 10, 2016)

  Vietnamese Ceramics from the Red River Delta (July 10, 2005 to November 15, 2009)

  An Invitation to Tea (November 9, 1996 to April 26, 1998)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dean F. Frasche (1906-1994)

• Origin

  Red River Delta kilns, Hai Duong province, Vietnam

• Credit Line

  Gift of Dean Frasché

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1500s, 1400s

• Name

  Frasche, Dean F.

• Place

  Hai Duong province, Vietnam, Red River Delta kilns

• Topic

  Art, Later Le dynasty (1428 - 1527), Stoneware, Southeast Asian Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)