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Object Details

• Description

  Monochromatic finely crackled ochre-green glaze pooling in spots and falling short of unglazed foot and base, unglazed stacking ring in center, everted rim.

• Provenance

  To 1994

  John Forbes, Silver Spring, Maryland, acquired in Manilla, Philippines. [1]

  From 1994

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from John Forbes, Silver Spring, Maryland. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See Curatorial Remark 7 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  John Forbes

• Origin

  possibly Go Sanh kilns, Binh Dinh province, Vietnam

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1400s, 1300s

• Name

  Forbes, John

• Place

  Vietnam, Go Sanh kilns, Binh Dinh province

• Topic

  Art, Green glaze, Stoneware, Southeast Asian Art, Ceramics, Vijaya period (1000 - 1471)

• Culture

  Southeast Asians

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)