Ewer in form of a goose with spout

Object Details

• Description

  Small ewer in shape of a goose (hamsa) with tail-shaped handle, bird-head spout, elongated neck with wide rim, carved foot

  CLAY: reddish brown

  GLAZE: green glaze with granular white occlusions, shinier on one side of bird than the other, probably underfired; glaze collecting in thick drops at foot; interior and base unglazed

  DECORATION: incised detailing on head, wings, and tail; eyes added as relief modeling

  MARK: none

  CONDITION: broken beak/spout repaired with silvery metal

• Provenance

  From 1957

  Dean Frasché, collected in 1957 from Sawankhalok, Thailand. [1]

  To 1989

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Dean Frasché, Greenwich, Connecticut. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 5 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

  Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai province, Thailand

• Credit Line

  Gift of Dean Frasché

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1540s, 1400s

• Name

  Frasche, Dean

• Place

  Sukhothai province, Si Satchanalai, Thailand

• Topic

  Art, Goose, Ayutthaya period (1351 - 1767), Stoneware, Celadon glaze, Southeast Asian Art, Ceramics, Sawankhalok ware

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)